Overview
Close and daily, sometimes comical but often tragic, sleepiness takes an important place in our lives. Suddenly falling asleep, sometimes with their eyes still open, affects more than 10% of the population. The leading cause of fatal accidents on motorways, drowsiness is also prevalent in the world of work. A silent, irrepressible phenomenon... a flaw in a system of performance, speed, reactivity. So what is happening in our brain? Can we control the conditions of sleepiness? By working on sleep and especially on the functioning of wakefulness, researchers are trying to understand the biological and environmental mechanisms that keep humans at the peak of their abilities. After a clear technological improvement, it turns out that man, having become an expert and process controller, finds it very difficult to focus his attention over time.
Production
CNRS Images · Quark Productions · Inserm · ARTE
Directors & Crew
Maryse Bergonzat
Director
Denis van Waerebeke
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
More Like This
Tukdam – Between Worlds
2022
The Future of Nuclear Energy
2022
Space Trash
2023
Check This Out
2011
TGV M : La Techno du nouveau fleuron de la SNCF
2023
Can We Cool the Planet?
2020
Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph
2019
Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets
1994
Facebook: Cracking the Code
2017
Les Fabuleux Pouvoirs de l'hypnose
2017