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| Aetna = American health insurance company; corporate wellness programs
| adenosine = Brain chemical building sleep pressure; neuromodulator
| American College of Physicians = U.S. physicians’ society; publishes clinical guidelines
| amygdala = Brain region for emotion processing; limbic structure
| Andrew Gelman = Statistician and professor; Columbia University
| anterior cingulate = Brain region for emotion and conflict monitoring; limbic-cortical area
| Annals = Medical journal; publishes clinical research
| Anu Valtonen = Scholar; author in Organization Studies
| Björn Rasch = Sleep researcher; studies memory reactivation
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital = Boston teaching hospital; Harvard-affiliated
| Brown University = Ivy League university in Rhode Island; research institution
| Bruce Richardson = Graduate student; sleep research collaborator with Kleitman
| CBS This Morning = American morning news program; CBS television
| CDC = U.S. public health agency; disease surveillance
| CBT-I = Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia; structured sleep treatment
| Center for Human Sleep Science = UC Berkeley research center; studies sleep and health
| circadian pacemaker = Internal clock mechanism; governs daily rhythms
| circadian rhythms = Biological 24-hour cycles; regulate physiology and behavior
| Clive Cookson = Science journalist; Financial Times
| Columbia University = Ivy League university in New York; research university
| dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) = Marker of circadian phase; melatonin rise under dim light
| Dmitri Mendeleev = Russian chemist; periodic table creator
| disk-over-water method = Rat sleep deprivation technique; prevents dozing by movement
| dorsolateral prefrontal cortex = Brain region for executive control; frontal lobe area
| EEG = Electroencephalography; measures brain electrical activity
| EOG = Electrooculography; records eye movements
| Elio Lugaresi = Italian neurologist; studied sleep disorders
| Els van der Helm = Sleep researcher; studied REM and emotion
| EnergyPod = Workplace napping chair; privacy visor and audio
| eszopiclone = Prescription hypnotic; non-benzodiazepine sleep aid
| Eugene Aserinsky = Sleep researcher; co-discoverer of REM
| fatal familial insomnia = Genetic prion disease causing progressive insomnia
| Financial Times = International business newspaper; UK-based
| Fresh Air = NPR interview program; cultural and news topics
| fMRI = Functional MRI; brain activity via blood flow
| ghrelin = Hormone increasing appetite; rises with sleep loss
| Google = American technology company; search and ads
| Guinness = Record-keeping organization; publishes world records
| hippocampus = Brain region for memory formation; limbic structure
| International Agency for Research on Cancer = WHO cancer research agency; carcinogen classifications
| JAMA = Medical journal; American Medical Association
| Jan Born = German neuroscientist; sleep and memory research
| Jessica = Person; female given name
| jet lag = Circadian misalignment after time-zone travel; temporary sleep disruption
| John Ross = Physician; monitored Randy Gardner experiment
| Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave = Limestone cave system in Kentucky; national park
| Kirkus Reviews = American book review magazine; pre-publication reviews
| leptin = Hormone reducing appetite; lowered by sleep restriction
| locus coeruleus = Brainstem noradrenergic nucleus; arousal and vigilance
| Lyon = City in France; historical and cultural center
| Mark O’Connell = Writer and critic; contributor to The Guardian
| Mary Carskadon = Sleep researcher; adolescent circadian studies
| Matthew P. Walker = Neuroscientist and author; sleep science popularizer
| melatonin = Hormone regulating sleep timing; darkness signal
| melanopsin = Retinal photopigment; blue-light sensitive
| Michel Jouvet = French neurophysiologist; REM sleep pioneer
| MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging; structural and functional brain scans
| NASA = U.S. space agency; research and exploration
| NASA Ames = NASA research center in California; aviation and space research
| Nathaniel Kleitman = Sleep researcher; REM co-discoverer with Aserinsky
| Nature = Scientific journal; multidisciplinary research
| Narcolepsy = Sleep disorder with sudden REM intrusions; excessive daytime sleepiness
| New England Journal of Medicine = Medical journal; clinical research and reviews
| New York Times = American newspaper; national and international coverage
| Nobel Prize = International awards for achievements; sciences, literature, peace
| norepinephrine = Neurotransmitter and hormone; arousal and stress signaling
| NPR = American public radio network; news and culture
| Number Reduction Task = Cognitive task with hidden rule; insight measure
| Organization Studies = Academic journal; management and organization research
| orexin = Neuropeptide promoting wakefulness; hypocretin
| Otto Loewi = Pharmacologist; discovered chemical neurotransmission
| Parkinson’s spectrum disease = Neurodegenerative disorders related to Parkinson’s; movement and sleep symptoms
| periodic table = Chemical element arrangement; organizes periodic properties
| PET = Positron emission tomography; imaging of metabolism
| Pierre Maquet = Neuroscientist; mapped REM brain activity
| PRNP D178N mutation = PRNP gene variant; linked to fatal familial insomnia
| psychomotor vigilance task = Reaction-time test; measures attention lapses
| Publishers Weekly = American trade magazine; book industry news
| Randy Gardner = Student who set famed sleep deprivation record attempt
| REM sleep = Sleep stage with rapid eye movements; vivid dreaming
| REM sleep behavior disorder = Disorder with dream enactment; REM atonia failure
| San Diego = City in California; coastal metropolis
| SCN = Suprachiasmatic nucleus; master circadian clock
| Scribner = American publishing imprint; Simon & Schuster imprint
| Sleep is your superpower = TED talk by Matthew Walker; popular sleep talk
| sleep disorders = Medical conditions disrupting sleep quality or timing
| sleep spindles = NREM oscillation bursts; markers of memory consolidation
| Stanford = Research university in California; private
| Stephen LaBerge = Psychophysiologist; pioneered lucid dreaming research
| suprachiasmatic nucleus = Hypothalamic master clock; synchronizes circadian rhythms
| SWS = Slow-wave sleep; deep NREM stage
| TED = Nonprofit talks platform; ideas and conferences
| The Guardian = British newspaper; national and international news
| The New Yorker = American magazine; essays and investigative reporting
| The Sunday Times = British newspaper; weekend edition of The Times
| Times Higher Education = Magazine covering universities; rankings and academic news
| U.S. = United States; country in North America
| U.S. FDA = U.S. drug regulator; Food and Drug Administration
| UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab = UC Berkeley research lab; sleep and brain imaging
| UK = Sovereign country in Europe; island nation
| United States = Country in North America; federal republic
| University of California, Berkeley = Public research university in California; UC Berkeley
| University of Chicago = Private research university in Chicago; research institution
| University of Liège = Belgian public university; Liège
| University of Lübeck = German public university; medical and science focus
| University of Minnesota = Public research university in Minnesota; Twin Cities campus
| Ursula Voss = Psychologist and neuroscientist; lucid dreaming studies
| William Dement = Sleep researcher; Stanford sleep medicine pioneer
| World Health Organization = United Nations health agency; sets global health standards
| Why We Sleep = Popular science book on sleep; by Matthew Walker
| zaleplon = Prescription sedative hypnotic; short-acting sleep aid
| zolpidem = Prescription sleep medication; sedative hypnotic
| zopiclone = Prescription hypnotic; sedative sleep medication
| #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎
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	\| Annals = Medical journal; publishes clinical research		\| Annals = Medical journal; publishes clinical research
	\| Anu Valtonen = Scholar; author in Organization Studies		\| Anu Valtonen = Scholar; author in Organization Studies
			\| atonia = Loss of muscle tone; normal during REM sleep to prevent movement
	\| Björn Rasch = Sleep researcher; studies memory reactivation		\| Björn Rasch = Sleep researcher; studies memory reactivation
	\| Brigham and Women’s Hospital = Boston teaching hospital; Harvard-affiliated		\| Brigham and Women’s Hospital = Boston teaching hospital; Harvard-affiliated
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	\| CBT-I = Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia; structured sleep treatment		\| CBT-I = Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia; structured sleep treatment
	\| Center for Human Sleep Science = UC Berkeley research center; studies sleep and health		\| Center for Human Sleep Science = UC Berkeley research center; studies sleep and health
			\| circadian biology = Study of daily biological rhythms; timing systems governing physiology and behavior
			\| circadian misalignment = Misalignment between internal circadian clock and external schedule; impairs sleep and health
	\| circadian pacemaker = Internal clock mechanism; governs daily rhythms		\| circadian pacemaker = Internal clock mechanism; governs daily rhythms
	\| circadian rhythms = Biological 24-hour cycles; regulate physiology and behavior		\| circadian rhythms = Biological 24-hour cycles; regulate physiology and behavior
	\| Clive Cookson = Science journalist; Financial Times		\| Clive Cookson = Science journalist; Financial Times
	\| Columbia University = Ivy League university in New York; research university		\| Columbia University = Ivy League university in New York; research university
			\| cortex = Outer brain layer; supports perception, cognition, and voluntary movement
	\| dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) = Marker of circadian phase; melatonin rise under dim light		\| dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) = Marker of circadian phase; melatonin rise under dim light
	\| Dmitri Mendeleev = Russian chemist; periodic table creator		\| Dmitri Mendeleev = Russian chemist; periodic table creator
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	\| Google = American technology company; search and ads		\| Google = American technology company; search and ads
	\| Guinness = Record-keeping organization; publishes world records		\| Guinness = Record-keeping organization; publishes world records
			\| hippocampal place cells = Neurons encoding spatial location; fire at specific places during navigation and sleep
	\| hippocampus = Brain region for memory formation; limbic structure		\| hippocampus = Brain region for memory formation; limbic structure
			\| homeostatic sleep pressure = Build-up of sleep need across wakefulness; dissipates during sleep
	\| International Agency for Research on Cancer = WHO cancer research agency; carcinogen classifications		\| International Agency for Research on Cancer = WHO cancer research agency; carcinogen classifications
	\| JAMA = Medical journal; American Medical Association		\| JAMA = Medical journal; American Medical Association
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	\| leptin = Hormone reducing appetite; lowered by sleep restriction		\| leptin = Hormone reducing appetite; lowered by sleep restriction
	\| locus coeruleus = Brainstem noradrenergic nucleus; arousal and vigilance		\| locus coeruleus = Brainstem noradrenergic nucleus; arousal and vigilance
			\| lucid dreaming = Dreaming with awareness of dreaming; allows some voluntary control
	\| Lyon = City in France; historical and cultural center		\| Lyon = City in France; historical and cultural center
	\| Mark O’Connell = Writer and critic; contributor to The Guardian		\| Mark O’Connell = Writer and critic; contributor to The Guardian
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	\| melanopsin = Retinal photopigment; blue-light sensitive		\| melanopsin = Retinal photopigment; blue-light sensitive
	\| Michel Jouvet = French neurophysiologist; REM sleep pioneer		\| Michel Jouvet = French neurophysiologist; REM sleep pioneer
			\| microsleeps = Brief unintended sleep episodes; seconds-long lapses causing attention failures
			\| motor cortex = Brain region controlling voluntary movement; frontal lobe area
	\| MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging; structural and functional brain scans		\| MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging; structural and functional brain scans
			\| myocardial infarctions = Heart attacks; blockage of coronary blood flow causing heart muscle damage
	\| NASA = U.S. space agency; research and exploration		\| NASA = U.S. space agency; research and exploration
	\| NASA Ames = NASA research center in California; aviation and space research		\| NASA Ames = NASA research center in California; aviation and space research
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	\| New York Times = American newspaper; national and international coverage		\| New York Times = American newspaper; national and international coverage
	\| Nobel Prize = International awards for achievements; sciences, literature, peace		\| Nobel Prize = International awards for achievements; sciences, literature, peace
			\| noradrenaline = Alternate name for norepinephrine; neurotransmitter for arousal and stress
	\| norepinephrine = Neurotransmitter and hormone; arousal and stress signaling		\| norepinephrine = Neurotransmitter and hormone; arousal and stress signaling
	\| NPR = American public radio network; news and culture		\| NPR = American public radio network; news and culture
			\| NREM = Non-rapid eye movement sleep; restorative sleep stage supporting memory and recovery
	\| Number Reduction Task = Cognitive task with hidden rule; insight measure		\| Number Reduction Task = Cognitive task with hidden rule; insight measure
	\| Organization Studies = Academic journal; management and organization research		\| Organization Studies = Academic journal; management and organization research
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	\| PET = Positron emission tomography; imaging of metabolism		\| PET = Positron emission tomography; imaging of metabolism
	\| Pierre Maquet = Neuroscientist; mapped REM brain activity		\| Pierre Maquet = Neuroscientist; mapped REM brain activity
			\| polysomnography = Multichannel sleep recording; combines EEG, EOG, and other measures to stage sleep
			\| prion disease = Neurodegenerative disease from misfolded prion proteins; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
	\| PRNP D178N mutation = PRNP gene variant; linked to fatal familial insomnia		\| PRNP D178N mutation = PRNP gene variant; linked to fatal familial insomnia
	\| psychomotor vigilance task = Reaction-time test; measures attention lapses		\| psychomotor vigilance task = Reaction-time test; measures attention lapses
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	\| Scribner = American publishing imprint; Simon & Schuster imprint		\| Scribner = American publishing imprint; Simon & Schuster imprint
	\| Sleep is your superpower = TED talk by Matthew Walker; popular sleep talk		\| Sleep is your superpower = TED talk by Matthew Walker; popular sleep talk
			\| Sleeping with Science = TED video series about sleep; short episodes for public learning
	\| sleep disorders = Medical conditions disrupting sleep quality or timing		\| sleep disorders = Medical conditions disrupting sleep quality or timing
			\| sleep hygiene = Behaviors and environment promoting good sleep; routines and light management
			\| sleep restriction = CBT-I technique; curtails time in bed to increase sleep pressure and efficiency
	\| sleep spindles = NREM oscillation bursts; markers of memory consolidation		\| sleep spindles = NREM oscillation bursts; markers of memory consolidation
	\| Stanford = Research university in California; private		\| Stanford = Research university in California; private
	\| Stephen LaBerge = Psychophysiologist; pioneered lucid dreaming research		\| Stephen LaBerge = Psychophysiologist; pioneered lucid dreaming research
			\| stimulus control = CBT-I technique; strengthens bed-sleep association by limiting wakeful time in bed
	\| suprachiasmatic nucleus = Hypothalamic master clock; synchronizes circadian rhythms		\| suprachiasmatic nucleus = Hypothalamic master clock; synchronizes circadian rhythms
	\| SWS = Slow-wave sleep; deep NREM stage		\| SWS = Slow-wave sleep; deep NREM stage
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	\| UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab = UC Berkeley research lab; sleep and brain imaging		\| UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab = UC Berkeley research lab; sleep and brain imaging
	\| UK = Sovereign country in Europe; island nation		\| UK = Sovereign country in Europe; island nation
			\| unihemispheric sleep = Sleep with one brain hemisphere active; seen in dolphins and some birds
	\| United States = Country in North America; federal republic		\| United States = Country in North America; federal republic
	\| University of California, Berkeley = Public research university in California; UC Berkeley		\| University of California, Berkeley = Public research university in California; UC Berkeley
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	\| University of Minnesota = Public research university in Minnesota; Twin Cities campus		\| University of Minnesota = Public research university in Minnesota; Twin Cities campus
	\| Ursula Voss = Psychologist and neuroscientist; lucid dreaming studies		\| Ursula Voss = Psychologist and neuroscientist; lucid dreaming studies
			\| vagus nerve = Cranial nerve X; parasympathetic control of heart, lungs, and digestion
			\| vagusstoff = Historical term for acetylcholine; chemical mediator slowing heart rate
	\| William Dement = Sleep researcher; Stanford sleep medicine pioneer		\| William Dement = Sleep researcher; Stanford sleep medicine pioneer
	\| World Health Organization = United Nations health agency; sets global health standards		\| World Health Organization = United Nations health agency; sets global health standards
	\| Why We Sleep = Popular science book on sleep; by Matthew Walker		\| Why We Sleep = Popular science book on sleep; by Matthew Walker
			\| Zoë Heller = Writer and critic; contributor to The New Yorker
	\| zaleplon = Prescription sedative hypnotic; short-acting sleep aid		\| zaleplon = Prescription sedative hypnotic; short-acting sleep aid
	\| zolpidem = Prescription sleep medication; sedative hypnotic		\| zolpidem = Prescription sleep medication; sedative hypnotic