Changes in behavior included hyperphagia and polydipsia despite weight loss, and stereotypic movements including head tossing, repetitive and exaggerated lifting of the legs, diminished alertness, and occasionally aggressive behavior in the advanced stage of disease.
But, the question must be asked: Of what conceivable benefit could it have been to be in awe of a gorgeous sunrise when the attention would have diminished one's alertness to danger?
Massage therapy has received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function [ 14].
Even if drowsy drivers do not fall asleep, alertness is greatly diminished, reaction time is much slower and the chance of causing accidents is greatly increased.
These results suggest that auditory warning systems for vehicles should avoid using emotion-laden sounds, as their affective content might diminish their utility to increase driving alertness.
In all these cases, no significant toxicity, except stomach irritation and general CNS depressant signs (reduced alertness and locomotion and diminished response to touch and balance) was observed.
Poor sleep does not significantly interfere with daytime alertness and sleep problems commonly diminish by late childhood, with continuing improvement through adolescence and adulthood.
In addition to the appetite questions, three distraction questions (on alertness, tiredness and sleepiness) were inserted to diminish experimental bias.
If there was a long response time, or there was uncertainty about the responders' alertness, the benefit of the alarm was diminished.
