somnolence

physiology
Also known as: drowsiness

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association with sensory deprivation

  • electroencephalogram
    In sleep: Neural theories

    …from sensory input, demonstrated chronic somnolence. It has been reasoned that a similar cutting off of sensory input, functional rather than structural, must characterize natural states of sleep. Other supporting observations for the stimulus-deficiency theory of sleep included presleep rituals such as turning out the lights, regulation of stimulus input,…

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