Perhaps you are watching a movie and jerk yourself awake multiple times. Maybe you are driving at night and awaken when your car crosses a rumble strip. In both cases, you have experienced microsleep.

Microsleep is a brief, involuntary shutdown of brain activity, often lasting 15 to 30 seconds, caused by sleep deprivation. It can occur anytime, even while driving, posing serious risks. Common signs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images A microsleep is when we fall asleep for the briefest of moments, so brief in fact, that we might not realise ...

Microsleep refers to periods of sleep that last from a few to several seconds. People who experience these episodes may doze off without realizing it. Some may have an episode in the middle of ...

Seconds-long periods of sleep, known as “microsleep,” are common during mundane tasks like driving. While these unintended brain naps can be difficult to control, getting adequate sleep is the key to ...

We've all experienced it: You're completely exhausted after pulling an all-nighter, and despite your best efforts to stay awake, your eyelids keep closing and closing until suddenly you nod off for ...

You may think you're awake, but new research suggests your brain could be nodding off while you drive A study conducted by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute, which is owned and operated by Liberty ...

The driver of the Croydon tram which derailed and killed seven people is likely to have drifted into a “microsleep” before the vehicle crashed, an official report into the accident says. Alfred Dorris ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The driver of a tram which crashed, killing seven people, may have momentarily fallen asleep in the seconds before the accident.