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

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    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] If interrupted sleep (called "biphasic sleeping" or "bimodal sleep") is perceived as normal and not referred to as "insomnia", less distress is caused and a return to sleep usually occurs after ...

  3. Obdormition - Wikipedia

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    Obdormition (/ ˌ ɒ b d ɔːr ˈ m ɪ ʃ ən /; from Latin obdormire "to fall asleep") is a medical term describing temporary numbness in a limb, often caused by constant pressure on nerves or lack of movement. [1]

  4. Alan Gelfand - Wikipedia

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    Alan "Ollie" Gelfand (born January 1, 1963) is an American skateboarder, racing driver, and businessman credited with inventing the ollie, the foundational skateboarding trick. Early life [ edit ]

  5. Rodney Mullen - Wikipedia

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    The other style, which is what I did, was called freestyle, which was tricks you could do on flat ground. [14] Mullen practiced in the garage of the family home while wearing a comprehensive protective pads setup, a precaution that was part of the deal with his father. [14] [15] He also spent time with his sister's surfer friends who skated on ...

  6. Ollie (skateboarding) - Wikipedia

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    Modern ollie technique. The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. [1] It is the combination of stomping (also known as popping) the tail of the skateboard off the ground to get the board mostly vertical, jumping, and sliding the front foot forward to level out the skateboard at the peak of the jump.

  7. Familial natural short sleep - Wikipedia

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    Individuals with this trait are known for having the life-long ability of being able to sleep for a lesser amount of time than average people, usually 4 to 6 hours (less than the average sleeptime of 8 hours) each night while waking up feeling relatively well-rested, they also have a notable absence of any sort of consequence that derives from depriving oneself of sleep, something an average ...

  8. Parasomnia - Wikipedia

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    Sleep walking may involve sitting up and looking awake when the individual is actually asleep, and getting up and walking around, moving items or undressing themselves. They will also be confused when waking up or opening their eyes during sleep. Sleep walking can be associated with sleeptalking. [19]

  9. Neuroscience of sleep - Wikipedia

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    REM sleep is considered closer to wakefulness and is characterized by rapid eye movement and muscle atonia. NREM is considered to be deep sleep (the deepest part of NREM is called slow wave sleep), and is characterized by lack of prominent eye movement, or muscle paralysis. Especially during non-REM sleep, the brain uses significantly less ...