Talk:Microsleep

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Are you SURE this can't be expanded? --Sgeo | Talk 18:58, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Sometimes when I rest my eyes when tired, especially when I'm lying down, external noise like the droning hum of my computer's fan is intermittently shut out for a split second (sometimes longer). Is this a microsleep? It only happens when I'm tired, but not necessarily when I have significant sleep debt. I can often be pretty alert during these periods, though of course not as much as if I were wide awake. In such periods I don't notice microsleeping when I'm not resting my eyes, but supposedly you normally can't notice it anyway... - furrykef (Talk at me) 17:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree, this happens to me too. I think this may be some different kind of sleep, but scientists may classify it in microsleep. taylorr 20:33, 06 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Orgasm-trigger microsleep

Anyone have info? 24.255.11.232 09:06, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Lol, falling asleep right after sex... how depressing to your partner.

Probably narcolepsy Jclerman 11:50, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

And not a microsleep but a "sleep-attack". Jclerman (talk) 10:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Continuing movement while asleep?

Is it possible to automatically/subconsciously continue an activity while (micro)sleeping? I want to say yes, but I haven't been able to find a definite source for such a statement. As I understand it, sleepwalkers are capable of a number of tasks, so I don't think this would be out of the realm of possibility.

Out of personal experience, I once microslept during a mountain hike, probably as a result of exhaustion rather than sleep debt. Though I don't remember dozing off, I vividly recall waking up and realizing I had slept, all the while still walking along a dangerous trail with 30 kilos of equipment on my back. At the time I thought I had dozed off for 5 seconds, 10 at most, but according to the article, microsleeps can last "a fraction of a second," so maybe that's all it was.--92.104.130.4 (talk) 03:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

What you describe is the automatic behavior frequently experienced by hypersomnolents.

Jclerman (talk) 10:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Been there, done that. In the summer of 1996 I drove an 18-wheeler with a co-driver. I couldn't sleep in the moving truck so I would start my shift ready to fall asleep. One incident, I was east-bound on I-76 in eastern Colorado. I was dead tired and desperate for a place to pull over and sleep over the wheel for a while, but there was no place to pull over legally. Then, I suddenly found myself carefully bringing the truck to a stop on the hard shoulder. I did not remember deciding to pull over or beginning to pull over, only the last few seconds as I came to a final stop. Another time I drove the around Milwaukee on the way from Chicago to Neenah. I was only conscious at the times I had to change freeways. All I saw was the occasional exit marker emerging from the gray (it was not foggy). I can joke about literally driving in my sleep now but it was not joke then. I quit driving team and went solo after that summer. Rsduhamel (talk) 21:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Losing time while driving doesn't have to be the result of microsleep. It is more likely the result of a conscious theta wave state. Some people can lose much larger gaps of time, without their driving, or other automatic behavior, being noticeably effected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.13.8.79 (talk) 02:02, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Reference citation #3

The third reference citation in this article is a broken link. Perhaps someone with some time can dig through the website and see if the article changed URL's or is in a different section of the website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.5.155.8 (talk) 06:39, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Microsleeping while driving

Seems like this article is mostly focused on microsleep while driving...