Revealed – Why
you can't sleep in a new place!
New Delhi: Wonder, why most of us have
this common problem – struggling to fall asleep when we're sleeping in a new
place/bed?
Now, researchers have a better
understanding to this common trend that often makes people feel fuddled
afterwards.
As per a study published in the journal
Current Biology, it's likely that half of our brain remains alert and acts as a
'night watch to monitor unfamiliar surroundings during sleep'.
In order to determine why this so
called general phenomenon, 'first-night effect' happens, researchers at Brown
University analyzed the brains of 35 healthy people during two nights of sleep
which were a week apart.
They found that one of the hemispheres
- the left side of the brain - consistently showed more wakefulness, compared
to the right side. The left hemisphere was also more sensitive to strange
sounds, and thus potentially threatening.
However,
the team, who only studied early sleep phases, are still unsure as to whether
the left side of the brain stays alert throughout the entire first night, or
switches to give the right side a go.
Source:
www.zeenews.india.com
12.07.2016
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attitude is equally
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as ability
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