These data demonstrate obese children's heightened alertness to food related cues.
Most of the research has focused on easily observed phenomena like alpha and beta waves, which have been respectively linked to activities including sleep and heightened alertness.
The mechanisms underpinning heightened alertness are unclear; however, such increases may be linked to greater cerebral activity following the chewing of gum (Fang Li, Lu, Gong, & Yew, 2005).
The flurry of concern may be to the good, says Selker, because it has heightened alertness: "We are absolutely better off than we have been, for a lot of reasons.
The spectators who had not yet learned to gauge how late they could be without forfeiting a desirable seat, and who regretted their punctuality, watched them closely for signs of heightened alertness.
This overwhelmingly inventive whirl wrenches viewers out of the realm of the ordinary and into a state of stunned consciousness and heightened alertness, into a world that's both recognizable and like no other.
Teens tend to experience reduced alertness during daytime hours, and heightened alertness in the evening.
Chewing paan causes slightly heightened alertness and a warming sensation in the body -- a buzz comparable to drinking a cup of coffee.
Acting as a stimulant of the central nervous system, caffeine causes heightened alertness and arousal [ 280].
These after-effects include sleeplessness and heightened alertness, but also feelings of depression, lack of energy, and sleep problems.
Here, the users reported on a broad spectrum of effects from heightened alertness and sleeplessness to depressive periods and lack of energy.
