Avoiding Using Your Smart Phone or Tablet Before Bed Is

question 29

True/False

Avoiding using your smart phone or tablet before bed is thought to help one get to sleep and stay asleep.

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Definitions:

Smells

The perceptions or sensations caused by the olfactory detection of airborne molecules or particles.

Rhodopsin

A pigment found in the photoreceptor cells of the retina, responsible for the initial step in the perception of light.

Hyperpolarized

The condition of the neuron membrane when the inside of the cell becomes more negative than its resting potential.

GABA

Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, a neurotransmitter in the brain that inhibits nerve transmission, playing a key role in reducing neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system.