Patients with insomnia showed an enhancement in attention and a reduction in the inhibitory process that normally facilitates sleep onset in the beginning part of sleep. The results partially support the hyperarousal theory, ie, enhanced information processing during the initiation of sleep is a contributing factor for insomnia.
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