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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The claim states that humans typically transition from wakefulness to sleep within several minutes. Retrieved papers directly address sleep onset latency (SOL). Paper [0] is a large meta-analysis showing a mean sleep latency around 11.7-11.8 minutes for healthy adults. Papers [1] and [5] demonstrate objective SOLs averaging around 7.6 minutes in healthy participants. These quantitative findings directly support the claim that sleep onset takes several minutes in typical healthy individuals. No papers refute this physiological baseline.

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Normal multiple sleep latency test values in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Andrew Iskander, T. Jairam, Christine Wang, B. Murray, M. Boulos. Normal multiple sleep latency test values in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.06.019

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

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Ryusei Iijima, Akari Kadooka, Kairi Sugawara, Momo Fushimi, Mizuki Hosoe, Sayaka Aritake-Okada. Subjective sleep onset latency is influenced by sleep structure and body heat loss in human subjects. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14122

Polysomnographic recordings show that healthy young adults typically have an objective sleep onset latency of approximately 7.6 minutes.

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0151 Subjective sleep onset latency is influenced by the sleep structure and body heat loss in human subjects

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Ryusei Iijima, Akari Kadooka, Kairi Sugawara, Momo Fushimi, Mizuki Hosoe, Sayaka Aritake-Okada. 0151 Subjective sleep onset latency is influenced by the sleep structure and body heat loss in human subjects. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac079.149

Experimental findings demonstrate that normal participants typically transition to sleep with a mean objective sleep onset latency of roughly 7.6 minutes.

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