What is the price of a movie ticket? 8, 10 euros? If that amount we add the drink and popcorn, the joke does not cost you less than 20 euros.Surely you are thinking that it is not a million but we will agree that it is not to splurge either.Well, what we want to talk about today It is precisely that, of people who go to the cinema to waste money because, even if you don't believe it, there are people who sleep in the cinema , even if they are watching an action movie!
Why are people sleeping in the cinema?
It must have a lot to do with cinemas getting used to being in darkness and They also accommodate you in those seats so soft and comfortable. But we ask ourselves a question, is that enough for an adult with normal health to literally faint within half an hour of starting a movie? cula?
We look for the answers in Murray Johns, a doctor who investigated the dream and invented the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), which is a scale used worldwide to measure A person's propensity for sleep while developing eight different types of daily activities. This test consists of asking the investigated subjects to score 0 to 3 the probability of falling asleep during the day while doing activities as daily as reading, watching television, traveling by car, etc.Most people think they can control their sleep in most cases, however, this is not always the case.
Looking for the answer to why there are people Sleeping in the cinema, Johns collected in his study, in 2002, data from more than 2,800 adults from different countries and used them to create a classification of each activity in the ESS for its ability to induce sleep or, what is same, his "somnificity", term that ac one of Johns himself.
According to this study, the activities that lead the list of "sleeping pills" are; lie down to rest in the afternoon, watch television and read. However, the cinemas appear in place number 6, stated as “sitting, inactive in a public place such as a cinema or a theater.
So, what makes some activities more “sleepy” than others?
Johns knows for sure.The secret is in the posture.
"A situation with a lot of" sleepiness "is one in which you are not moving too much."
When the muscles of the head and neck relax, he explains, that sends signals to the brain to reduce something called "secondary wakefulness impulse." And when that reduction occurs, you are more likely to fall asleep.
The reason is that drowsiness and wakefulness are products of two types of nerve cells found in our brain that regulate the “impulse of the dream” and the “impulse of wakefulness.” These two impulses coexist as ying and yang, which means that they are mutually inhibitory; The activation unit inhibits the suspension unit and the suspension unit inhibits the activation unit.So the one who is dominant at a given time is the one who determines whether you are awake or not.
But the biological clock only controls the "primary waking pulse." There is another waking pulse but it is secondary, and this if it is directly influenced by the physical postures or the amount of activity that is being done.
«When you get up, the muscles and joints involved in maintaining your posture produce some contribution to the secondary wake »,
says Johns.
« When you sit down, or perhaps more relevant, when you lie down, you close the eyes and stop moving, you reduce this impulse of secondary wakefulness and that induces sleep."
That would give the explanation of why reading or watching television can induce sleep.It would be a good explanation for when we are at home, relaxed and even lying on the sofa.But does the same place? Why are people sleeping in the cinema? In principle no.Cinema is an activity more "exciting" than relaxed; Although the seat is comfortable is not your sofa, you are surrounded by strangers and the volume is usually quite high.So, why do some people fall asleep during any movie, even noisy movies? In that case, it could be a sign of an underlying sleep disorder.
Philip Gehrman is a sleep scientist and professor of psychiatry at the Pennsylvania School of Medicine.In his practice, he uses Epworth's sleepiness scale as a tool to diagnose sleep disorders based on the idea that «if you are well rested, you should be able to stay awake even in sedentary and quiet activities» , says Gehrman.
Gehrman says that " falling asleep in movies is sometimes a sign of sleep deficit.That deficit could be caused simply by being too tired or a sleep disorder."
The reality is that most people are simply not getting enough sleep.The National Sleep Foundation recommends seven to nine hours for adults between 26 and 64 years old.
What do you say? Do you sleep the necessary number of hours? Are you those kind of people who sleep in the movies? If so, as we have explained, maybe you have a sleep disorder that you should look at yourself or maybe you are just too tired.In that case, leave the cinema for another day, don't you think?
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