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  2. Is Waking Up in the Middle of the Night Normal? Here's What ...

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    “It’s actually normal to wake up several times per night, but awakenings need to be more than three to five minutes long to be remembered the following day,” says Dr. Audrey Wells, MD, a ...

  3. Why do I wake up at 3 a.m. every night? - AOL

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    Waking up several times throughout the night is typically not disruptive to one’s health, as long as falling back asleep occurs within about five to 10 minutes, said Dr. Michelle Drerup ...

  4. How to Get Back to Sleep After Waking Up at Night - AOL

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    Pay attention to whether any of these are waking you up at night, and make adjustments accordingly. For example, if you always wake up because the sun peeks in at 5 a.m., hang up blackout curtains.

  5. Sleep - Wikipedia

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    The quality of sleep may be evaluated from an objective and a subjective point of view. Objective sleep quality refers to how difficult it is for a person to fall asleep and remain in a sleeping state, and how many times they wake up during a single night. Poor sleep quality disrupts the cycle of transition between the different stages of sleep ...

  6. Polyphasic sleep - Wikipedia

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    This time was used to pray [16] and reflect, [17] and to interpret dreams, which were more vivid at that hour than upon waking in the morning. This was also a favourite time for scholars and poets to write uninterrupted, whereas still others visited neighbours, engaged in sexual activity, or committed petty crime. [14]: 311–323

  7. Neuroscience of sleep - Wikipedia

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    One of the important questions in sleep research is clearly defining the sleep state. This problem arises because sleep was traditionally defined as a state of consciousness and not as a physiological state, [14] [15] thus there was no clear definition of what minimum set of events constitute sleep and distinguish it from other states of partial or no consciousness.

  8. When is the best time to wake up? The ideal waking time ... - AOL

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    The best time to wake up is the time that allows you to sleep enough hours, remain consistent and get exposed to some sunlight in the morning, Dr. Daniel Barone, neurologist and associate director ...

  9. Middle-of-the-night insomnia - Wikipedia

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    Excessive daytime sleepiness is reported nearly two times higher by individuals with nocturnal awakenings than by people who sleep through the night. [ 1 ] Sleep research conducted in the 1990s showed that such waking up during the night may be a natural sleep pattern, rather than a form of insomnia. [ 2 ]