Sleep
Slow-Wave Activity
Slow-wave activity (SWA) is the EEG power in deep NREM—higher after sleep debt and hard training, lower after age forty. It reflects restorative intensity more than clock time in bed.
Slow-wave activity (SWA) is the EEG power in deep NREM—higher after sleep debt and hard training, lower after age forty. It reflects restorative intensity more than clock time in bed.
Cold rooms and stable schedules support SWA; alcohol suppresses it.
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