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'Wakefulness' refers to the state of being 'awake' and is the behavioral manifestation of the metabolic state of catabolism. It is the daily recurring period in an organism's life during which consciousness, awareness and all behaviors necessary for survival, i.e., success in (Communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation), are conducted. Being awake is the opposite of being asleep a behavioral manifestation of the daily recurring metabolic state of anabolism.
Animals can eat and run, fly, swim or walk while awake; humans can also talk, listen, write, read, and productively think and work in the awake state.
Although it is self-evident that the behaviors which take place while an organism is awake are necessary, complex, interesting and diverse, it is also true that the only behavior which an organism needs to engage in while awake to survive is to locate and ingest nutrition. The only behavior which an organism needs to engage in while awake to contribute to the success of the species is procreation. All other behaviors are extraneous to behavior required for self nutrition and procreation and are, therefore, irrelevant to the organism's success, even if such behaviors are interesting and are the basis of civilization itself.
As sleep is biologically necessary, an excess of time spent awake is considered sleep deprivation, and there are serious physiological and psychological consequences both for individual stretches of wakefulness and serial preference for wakeful activity rather than sleep.
★ Sleep
★ Lucid dreaming
★ Consciousness
★ Sleepwalking
★ Sleep, dreams and wakefulness
★ Wakefulness, Alertness, Sleep, and Dreams
★ The Consequences of Excessive Wakefulness
★ It's Wake-Up Time
'Wakefulness' refers to the state of being 'awake' and is the behavioral manifestation of the metabolic state of catabolism. It is the daily recurring period in an organism's life during which consciousness, awareness and all behaviors necessary for survival, i.e., success in (Communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation), are conducted. Being awake is the opposite of being asleep a behavioral manifestation of the daily recurring metabolic state of anabolism.
Animals can eat and run, fly, swim or walk while awake; humans can also talk, listen, write, read, and productively think and work in the awake state.
Although it is self-evident that the behaviors which take place while an organism is awake are necessary, complex, interesting and diverse, it is also true that the only behavior which an organism needs to engage in while awake to survive is to locate and ingest nutrition. The only behavior which an organism needs to engage in while awake to contribute to the success of the species is procreation. All other behaviors are extraneous to behavior required for self nutrition and procreation and are, therefore, irrelevant to the organism's success, even if such behaviors are interesting and are the basis of civilization itself.
As sleep is biologically necessary, an excess of time spent awake is considered sleep deprivation, and there are serious physiological and psychological consequences both for individual stretches of wakefulness and serial preference for wakeful activity rather than sleep.
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See also
★ Sleep
★ Lucid dreaming
★ Consciousness
★ Sleepwalking
External links
★ Sleep, dreams and wakefulness
★ Wakefulness, Alertness, Sleep, and Dreams
★ The Consequences of Excessive Wakefulness
★ It's Wake-Up Time
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