Talk:Microsleep

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[edit] Are

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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)