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2. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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   A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment. Hypnic jerks are one form of involuntary muscle twitches ...

3. Hypnagogia - Wikipedia

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   Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its opposite state is described as hypnopompia – the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include hypnagogic ...

4. What Causes Hypnic Jerks (Sleep Starts)? - AOL

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   Hypnic jerks, also known as sleep starts or hypnagogic jerks, are abrupt muscle contractions, or twitches, that happen as soon as you fall asleep. Up to 70% of adults will experience at least one ...

5. Exploding head syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frequency. ~10% of people [2] Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. [2][4] The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. [2 ...

6. Sleep disorder - Wikipedia

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   Sleep disorder. A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of an individual's sleep patterns. Some sleep disorders are severe enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning. Sleep disorders are frequent and can have serious consequences on patients' health and quality of life. [ 1 ]

7. Microsleep - Wikipedia

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   Microsleep. A microsleep is a sudden temporary episode of sleep or drowsiness which may last for a few seconds where an individual fails to respond to some arbitrary sensory input and becomes unconscious. [1][2] Episodes of microsleep occur when an individual loses and regains awareness after a brief lapse in consciousness, often without ...