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Jun. 24, 2011
Swaying Of Hammock Lulls Brain Into Deeper Sleep
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| Reporting in Current Biology, researchers write that a rocking motion, long employed by parents to lull infants to sleep, synchronizes brainwaves, leading to deeper sleep with a quicker onset. Study author Michel Muhlethaler discusses how motion may affect the sleeping brain. |
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Michel Muhlethaler
Professor, Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
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