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Scientists reveal why you should NEVER hit the snooze button

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Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts studied sleep data from more than 21,000 people globally using data from the sleep tracking smartphone app Sleep Cycle .

People in the US , Sweden and Germany had the highest snooze button use, while those living in Japan and Australia had the lowest.

Overall, users spent an average of 11 minutes in between snoozing alarms each morning before waking and going about their day.

We are still aware of our surroundings but our muscles start to relax, the heart beat slows down and brainwave patterns, known as theta waves, become irregular but rapid.

This stage is identified by short bursts of electrical activity in the brain known as spindles, and larger waves known as K-complexes.

After around five minutes our bodies move into stage two , when we have drifted into sleep.

Heartbeat and breathing is slow, and muscles relax even further.

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