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

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

The more blue-white tones in the lighting, and the brighter it is, the more it helps support our circadian rhythms—the biological clocks inside our cells that drive our cycles of sleepiness and wakefulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

With its next-gen candidate, ORX142, management plans to pursue indications in neurological and neurodegenerative disorder patients to help them with wakefulness and cognition.

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

It brung back memories of them times when I was a baby and sleeping would sometimes jus’ come up real sneaky and quick and ease all the wakefulness clean outta me.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis