Humans typically transition from wakefulness to sleep within several minutes.
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Clinical and experimental sleep studies demonstrate that healthy adults typically transition from wakefulness to sleep within several minutes, with average objective sleep latencies ranging from under 8 to about 12 minutes.
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Normal multiple sleep latency test values in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
2023 · cited by 23
The systematic review and meta-analysis establishes that healthy adult cohorts have an average mean sleep latency around 11.7 to 11.8 minutes, falling within the range of several minutes.
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Subjective sleep onset latency is influenced by sleep structure and body heat loss in human subjects
2023 · cited by 10
Polysomnographic recordings show that healthy young adults typically have an objective sleep onset latency of approximately 7.6 minutes.
0151 Subjective sleep onset latency is influenced by the sleep structure and body heat loss in human subjects
2022 · cited by 0
Experimental findings demonstrate that normal participants typically transition to sleep with a mean objective sleep onset latency of roughly 7.6 minutes.