How Some People Can Sleep Through Anything

Do you know someone who can sleep through almost anything? Why don’t they wake up? Read More: Sleep Spindles: Where They Come From, What They Do http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23... “Sleep spindles are extensively studied electroencephalographic rhythms that recur periodically during non-rapid eye movement sleep and that are associated with rhythmic discharges of neurons throughout the thalamocortical system.” Reduced sleep spindle activity in schizophrenia patients http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17... “Sleep spindles are generated by the thalamic reticular nucleus in conjunction with specific thalamic nuclei and are modulated by corticothalamic and thalamocortical connections.” Busy Brains Make for Deeper Sleep http://news.sciencemag.org/2010/08/bu... “Sound sleepers share a surprising secret: a bustling brain. A new study reports that people who can sleep through anything show more frequent bursts of brain activity called sleep spindles than do their light-sleeping counterparts.” Study: How Our Brains Make Us Light or Heavy Sleepers http://content.time.com/time/health/a... “How many times do you wake during the night? Do the slightest disturbances — the sound of a toilet flushing, say, or the TV in the next room — rouse you from sleep, while your partner slumbers soundly through a thunderstorm?” ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... DNews on Twitter   / dnews   Trace Dominguez on Twitter   / tracedominguez   Julia Wilde on Twitter   / julia_sci   DNews on Facebook   / discoverynews   DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq