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The intrasleep EEG characteristics of Ss who returned to sleep in the early morning more closely resemble the sleep characteristics which occur late in a full nights sleep rather than the sleep which occurs at the onset of nocturnal sleep. It would appear that sleep does not simply “recycle” with sleep onset.
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1. Supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant No. AFOSR-395-65.
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Webb, W.B., Agnew, H.W. & Sternthal, H. Sleep during the early morning. Psychon Sci 6, 277–278 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328065
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