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. 2016 May 9;26(9):R360-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.041.

Sleep: Keeping One Eye Open

Dara S Manoach  1 , Robert Stickgold  2
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Sleep: Keeping One Eye Open

Dara S Manoach et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Unihemispheric sleep, during which one half of the brain sleeps while the other half remains awake, is seen in some aquatic mammals and birds, particularly in risky situations. It now appears that humans sleeping in unfamiliar environments do something quite similar.

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