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Word: microsleep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2004-2004
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...first sign that you're not so awake as you think. After about 18 hours without sleep, your reaction time begins to slow from a quarter of a second to half a second and then longer. If you're like most people, you will start to experience bouts of microsleep--moments when you zone out for anywhere from two to 20 seconds and drift out of your lane or find that you have to keep rereading the same passage. Your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Sleep | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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