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  2. Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance

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    The sleep deprived performed the task much faster than those in the control condition (i.e., not sleep deprived), which initially appeared to be a positive effect. A significantly different number of errors were made, with the fatigued group performing much worse. [40]

  3. Sleep deprivation - Wikipedia

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    It's suggested that idiopathic insomnia is a neurochemical problem in a part of the brain that controls the sleep-wake cycle, resulting in either under-active sleep signals or over-active wake signals. Sleep state misperception is diagnosed when people get enough sleep but inaccurately perceive that their sleep is insufficient. [128]

  4. Sensory overload - Wikipedia

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    Calming, focusing on music works for some. If a quick break does not relieve the problem, an extended rest is advised. People with sensory processing issues may benefit from a sensory diet of activities and accommodations designed to prevent sensory overload and retrain the brain to process sensory input more typically. It is important in ...

  5. Sleep problems in women - Wikipedia

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    Subjectively, women report an increase in night-time awakening and an increase in total sleep time. [1] Pregnant women's main physiological complaints about the quality of sleep during the first trimester are related to nausea and vomiting, urinary frequency, backaches, and feeling uncomfortable and fatigued; as well as tender breasts, headache ...

  6. Memory and aging - Wikipedia

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    Because some of the causes of memory loss include medications, stress, depression, heart disease, excessive alcohol use, thyroid problems, vitamin B12 deficiency, not drinking enough water, and not eating nutritiously, fixing those problems could be a simple, effective way to slow down dementia. Some say that exercise is the best way to prevent ...

  7. Sensory processing disorder - Wikipedia

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    Proponents have also claimed that adults may also show signs of sensory processing difficulties and would benefit for sensory processing therapies, [71] although this work has yet to distinguish between those with SPD symptoms alone vs adults whose processing abnormalities are associated with other disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder.

  8. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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    It most often begins in people over 65 years of age, although up to 10% of cases are early-onset impacting those in their 30s to mid-60s. [27] [4] It affects about 6% of people 65 years and older, [16] and women more often than men. [28] The disease is named after German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in ...

  9. Sleep inertia - Wikipedia

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    Sleep inertia is a physiological state of impaired cognitive and sensory-motor performance that is present immediately after awakening. It persists during the transition of sleep to wakefulness, where an individual will experience feelings of drowsiness, disorientation and a decline in motor dexterity .