sleep patterns
Nightly slumber habits
Sleep patterns are the characteristic ways a person or animal sleeps—timing, duration, and quality.
Some people maintain regular sleep patterns, going to bed and waking at consistent times; others have erratic patterns disrupted by work, stress, or lifestyle.
Her sleep patterns changed after the baby was born.
Medical contexts often examine sleep patterns for signs of disorders like insomnia or sleep apnea.
- chronotypeInnate daily rhythm preference
- circadian rhythmBuilt-in sleep-wake cycle
- narcolepsyNeurological excessive drowsiness condition
- work schedulePlanned job hours
- night terrorsFrightening partial-arousal episodes
light exposure · restless leg syndrome · chronic conditions · noise levels · bruxism · room temperature · symptoms · blackout curtains · snoring · tossing and turning · waking · stress management · tossing · bedtime · power nap · cycles · restless · melatonin
- body signalsheartbeat, pulse, brainwaves, brain waves, brainwave
- sleep customssiesta, napping, siesta culture, futons, futon
- Dream Sciencelucid dreaming, lucid dreams, dream recall, dream journals, dream imagery
- Neurobehaviorsattention, learning, memory disorders, impulse control, motor control
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- baby sleepcrib, bassinet, swaddle, swaddling, nap
sleep patternsirregular sleep
Inconsistent slumber patterns
sleep disorders · insomnia · sleep deprivation · sleep disturbances · jet lag
sleep patternssleep disorders
Conditions impairing rest
insomnia · sleep disturbances · sleep deprivation · parasomnia