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UK
/ɐlˈɜːtnəs/
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[ US /əˈɫɝtnəs/ ]
[ US /əˈɫɝtnəs/ ]
NOUN
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the process of paying close and continuous attention
vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter - lively attentiveness
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a state of readiness to respond
alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
How To Use alertness In A Sentence
- In fact, the cause of sleep paralysis is "a marked dissociation between level of alertness and muscle atonia that often occurs in SOREM (sleep onset - REM) sleep episodes (1). Serendip's Exchange
- But before sleep could sneak one pajamaed toe into the bedsheets of her consciousness, an electric shock jolted her painfully into alertness. The Three Furies
- According to the authors, social interactions are cognitively complex experiences that may lead to rapid fatigue in brain regions that regulate attention and alertness.
- However, its ability to boost alertness is short-lived. CTV News RSS Feed
- Aroma advocates claim that rosemary, peppermint, basil and jasmine scents, alone or in combination, may improve your mental alertness.
- The Hurt Locker, the senses are stretched to a point of acute tension and wary, analytical alertness; but one facet of Bigelow's greatness is the way that this sort of subjective state, as well, can be seen, heard, and felt to overflow as a kind of nonsubjective sensorial immersion. Warren Ellis
- The medium/high caffeine consumers who got the placebo reported a decrease in alertness and increased headache, neither of which were reported by those who received caffeine. Caffeine Addicts Get No Real Pick-Me-Up From Their Morning Cup of Coffee | Impact Lab
- Indeed, there wasn't a person that Cravis could see clearly who did not possess a mental sharpness about them, an alertness that only battle could provide, a calm relaxedness that only experience created.
- Travelers to such destinations practice extra alertness, precaution and prudence.
- Besides, overall group alertness has been shown to increase with group size in capybaras and degus, which may result in increased probabilities of detecting an approaching predator.