Early steps of awakening process.
This paper summarizes the main aspects of sleep and waking development and shows results about awakening as a function of age. Awakenings come mainly from active sleep and their number decreases with age. Understanding the awakening process should take into account the development of sleep and waking states and of circadian rhythms and homeostatic processes.
Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Via San Niccolo', 93, 50125-France, Italy. salzarulo@psico.unifi.it
Piero
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Salzarulo
Fiorenza
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Giganti
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Fagioli
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Ficca