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  2. Do you fall asleep with the TV on every night? Here's what ...

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    She adds that those who struggle with insomnia also want to make sure their brain associates their bed with sleeping — not spending time awake watching TV, which can affect future nights’ rest.

  3. Experts say these 2 common mistakes are ruining your sleep ...

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    The internet—and other interactive games or devices—can be highly stimulating, getting you all worked up when you’re supposed to be winding down.” Healthy sleep habits to adopt now

  4. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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    Hypnic jerks are associated with a rapid heartbeat, quickened breathing, sweat, and sometimes "a peculiar sensory feeling of 'shock' or 'falling into the void ' ". [2] It can also be accompanied by a vivid dream experience or hallucination. [3] A higher occurrence is reported in people with irregular sleep schedules. [4]

  5. Psychic staring effect - Wikipedia

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    A 1913 study by John E. Coover asked ten subjects to state whether or not they could sense an experimenter looking at them, over a period of 100 possible staring periods. . The subjects' answers were correct 50.2% of the time, a result that Coover called an "astonishing approximation" of pure chance.

  6. Does watching sports increase brain function? - AOL

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    I have watched football games, football reruns and football highlights for more than 30 years. Now a new study at the University of Chicago, finds that people who watch sports may experience an ...

  7. Screen time - Wikipedia

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    Obesity is a common result of spending great amounts of time on screens like a television, video games, a smartphone, or a computer screen. [29] Studies have shown that if the amount of screen time adolescents spend was limited, the likelihood of obesity can be reduced. [ 30 ]

  8. 8 surprising ways your brain powers the rest of your body - AOL

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    Your brain accounts for only about 2% of your body weight, but it uses roughly 20% of your body’s total energy. Even when you’re sleeping , your brain is burning tons of energy just to keep ...

  9. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    Research suggests that using the Internet helps boost brain power for middle-aged and older people [17] (research on younger people has not been done). The study compares brain activity when the subjects were reading and when the subjects were surfing the Internet. It found that Internet surfing uses much more brain activity than reading does.