sleepiness
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All those things make for a powerful wave of sleepiness, so I’ll take a nap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In an earlier study published the same year, Silverman demonstrated that when neurons in this region become overexcited, they can paradoxically promote sleepiness rather than wakefulness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
In a small study on people with insomnia, when they were given a false negative sleep score, those individuals reported sleepiness and fatigue, as well as lower levels of alertness and clear thinking.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Patients often sleep poorly at night despite the daytime sleepiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
There’s a sleepiness in everyone’s eyes, a slowness in their steps, a sadness in their voices.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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