wakefulness

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After showing signs of wakefulness, he was transferred to the Sid Watkins Rehabilitation Centre in Liverpool on 23 December that year.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

After poor sleep, the brain tries to compensate during wakefulness, triggering pulses of fluid that coincide with sharp reductions in attention, according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

This increase in wakefulness was not seen when participants were exposed to aircraft noise alone or pink noise alone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

Children who had taken stimulants showed stronger activity in brain regions associated with arousal and wakefulness, as well as areas involved in predicting how rewarding an activity might be.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

They held each other in the dark, saying nothing, their breathing regular until finally they drifted into a state of half sleep and half wakefulness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie