SciShow: Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars?

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Content of the Lesson: Thanks to monday.com for sponsoring this episode. Head to http://go.thoughtleaders.io/1330420191009 to see all of monday.com’s team management features and select a plan that’s right for your organization! Have you ever been driving down the highway and start to notice that you're feeling really relaxed, even sleepy? It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.rospa.com/road-safety/advice/drivers/fatigue/road-accidents/ https://www.phillyvoice.com/infrequently-asked-questions-why-do-we-fall-asleep-so-easily-during-car-rides/ http://storeycountywindfarms.org/ref3_Impact_Sound_Pressure.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/026309238500400103 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/026309238800700303 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-17371-001 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123835#sec013 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1307884?dopt=Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139772?dopt=Abstract https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140139.2018.1482373?journalCode=terg20 https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2018/jul/vibrations-cars-drivers-sleepy


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