Why do we jolt as we fall asleep?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever started to fall asleep and then suddenly – whoa! – you jolt awake? What’s up with that? We asked sleep specialist Chris Winter to help us find the answer.

Got a question that has you losing sleep? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll pull an all-nighter to find the answer!

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1:07.0	Answering those questions that make you go, uh, uh, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um,
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1:35.0	Ah, bedtime, my favorite part of the day. You get to listen to your favorite stories,
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