Sleep deprivation Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! AdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Microsleeps=== [[Microsleep]]s are periods of brief sleep that most frequently occur when a person has a significant level of sleep deprivation. Microsleeps usually last for a few seconds, usually no longer than 15 seconds,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Skorucak J, Hertig-Godeschalk A, Schreier DR, Malafeev A, Mathis J, Achermann P | title = Automatic detection of microsleep episodes with feature-based machine learning | journal = Sleep | volume = 43 | issue = 1 | pages = zsz225 | date = January 2020 | pmid = 31559424 | doi = 10.1093/sleep/zsz225 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and happen most frequently when a person is trying to stay awake when they are feeling sleepy.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/glossary/k-m|title = Glossary K-M|date = 2012|website = Get Sleep|publisher = Harvard Medical School|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122751/http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/glossary/k-m|archive-date = 2 April 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The person usually falls into microsleep while doing a monotonous task like driving, reading a book, or staring at a [[computer]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Microsleep {{!}} Microsleeps|url = http://www.sleepdex.org/microsleep.htm|website = www.sleepdex.org|access-date = 14 February 2016|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303102646/http://www.sleepdex.org/microsleep.htm|archive-date = 3 March 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Microsleeps are similar to [[syncope (medicine)|blackouts]], and a person experiencing them is not consciously aware that they are occurring. An even lighter type of sleep has been seen in rats that have been kept awake for long periods of time. In a process known as [[local sleep]], specific localized brain regions went into periods of short (~80 ms) but frequent (~40/min) NREM-like states. Despite the on-and-off periods where neurons shut off, the rats appeared to be awake, although they performed poorly at tests.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Vyazovskiy VV, Olcese U, Hanlon EC, Nir Y, Cirelli C, Tononi G | title = Local sleep in awake rats | journal = Nature | volume = 472 | issue = 7344 | pages = 443–447 | date = April 2011 | pmid = 21525926 | pmc = 3085007 | doi = 10.1038/nature10009 | bibcode = 2011Natur.472..443V }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page