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Sleep Med. 2002 Dec;3:S29-32. doi: 10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00160-0.

Early steps of awakening process.

Sleep medicine

Piero Salzarulo, Fiorenza Giganti, Igino Fagioli, Gianluca Ficca

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Via San Niccolo', 93, 50125-France, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 14592375 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00160-0

Abstract

This paper summarizes the main aspects of sleep and waking development and shows results about awakening as a function of age. Awakenings come mainly from active sleep and their number decreases with age. Understanding the awakening process should take into account the development of sleep and waking states and of circadian rhythms and homeostatic processes.

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