http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/10/does-brain-static-help-heavy-sleepers-get-their-zs/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/10/does-brain-static-help-heavy-sleepers-get-their-zs/comment-page-1/#comment-240412 Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:15:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18757#comment-240412 @Liz: Anecdotally, I've definitely heard that reported by many different male/female couples. Including my own household... @Liz: Anecdotally, I’ve definitely heard that reported by many different male/female couples. Including my own household…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/10/does-brain-static-help-heavy-sleepers-get-their-zs/comment-page-1/#comment-239576 Rhacodactylus Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:55:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18757#comment-239576 I wonder if you can lose or gain this ability. I used to be able to sleep through anything, then because I had taken a night job, I started wearing earplugs and an eye mask to be sure I got a deep sleep, now suddenly I find it much much harder to sleep through noises even though the night job is long over. I wonder if you can lose or gain this ability. I used to be able to sleep through anything, then because I had taken a night job, I started wearing earplugs and an eye mask to be sure I got a deep sleep, now suddenly I find it much much harder to sleep through noises even though the night job is long over.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/10/does-brain-static-help-heavy-sleepers-get-their-zs/comment-page-1/#comment-239459 Liz Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:26:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18757#comment-239459 Really interesting - so sleep spindles kept my husband from hearing the babies cry at night. I always wondered about that... I wonder if there is a gender difference. Really interesting – so sleep spindles kept my husband from hearing the babies cry at night. I always wondered about that… I wonder if there is a gender difference.

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