Sleep Drunkenness Explained

2014-09-25

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Do you feel really disorientated when you wake up? 1 in 7 people suffer from 'Sleep Drunkenness'.

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References

Dohrman, D. P., Diamond, I., & Gordon, A. S. (1997). The role of the neuromodulator adenosine in alcohol's actions. Alcohol Health & Research World.

Ohayon, M. M., Mahowald, M. W., & Leger, D. (2014). Are confusional arousals pathological?. Neurology, 83(9), 834-841.

Ohayon, M. M., Priest, R. G., ZULLEY, J., & Smirne, S. (2000). The place of confusional arousals in sleep and mental disorders: findings in a general population sample of 13,057 subjects. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 188(6), 340-348.

Price, N. J., & Szuba, M. P. (2001). Caffeine eliminates psychomotor vigilance deficits from sleep inertia. Sleep, 24(7), 813.

Wilkinson, R. T., & Stretton, M. (1971). Performance after awakening at different times of night. Psychonomic Science, 23(4), 283-285.

Music

"Drunken Sailor" (by Roger McGuinn): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Roger_McGuinn/Folk_Den_Project/20090517160834797

"Starling" (by Podington Bear): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Solo_Instruments/Starling

"Synth Odyssey" by (Conrad Greenleaf): https://twitter.com/conradgreenleaf