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How to Avoid Afternoon Drowsiness

by Heather on August 28th, 2006

If you’re feeling drowsy in the afternoon, here’s an article from LiveScience that explains why getting out into the sunlight may be the perfect solution to help perk you up.

According to the article:

The researchers exposed a group of people to 21 minutes of bright white light in the morning while they imaged their brains. Not only were the participants more alert, but responses in certain parts of their brain also got a boost.

This boost was correlated with regions of the brain that are involved in alertness and some cognitive processes and can briefly prevent the sleepiness developed in continuous darkness, the researchers report in the Aug. 22 issue of the journal Current Biology.

Here’s another good excuse to go take an afternoon walk — it’s good for your brain!

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