A 12-year study of 80,000 individuals wearing light sensors found that exposure to light between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM correlated with increased mortality

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Following Terry Bradshaw's retirement from the NFL, Terry Bradshaw suffered a severe panic attack in Miami that required emergency transport by ambulance

The tube test is a neurobehavioral laboratory assay used in rodents to evaluate social dominance, competitive drive, and persistence

Neurobiological research by Dr. Lindsay Schwarz demonstrates that specific midline thalamic circuits regulate behavioral switches between forward engagement, freezing, and retreat in response to predatory threats

In rodent tube test experiments, prior winning experiences increase the statistical probability of subsequent victories in future bouts

Historian A. Roger Ekirch documented that pre-industrial human sleep was routinely divided into two intervals separated by an awake period called the watch

In historical biphasic sleep, individuals slept for roughly four hours, stayed awake for several hours, and then slept a second phase

Terry Bradshaw underwent three days of brain testing at Yale University, which showed no evidence of dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Silencing specific prefrontal cortical neural circuits in mice causes previously dominant mice to lose territory battles in the rodent tube test

Experimental optogenetic or electrical activation of prefrontal cortical circuits in mice transforms previously subordinate mice into persistent winners in the tube test

Subjects placed in pre-industrial lighting conditions naturally revert to biphasic sleep patterns

Human circadian rhythm disruptions and continuous daylight exposure severely impair the production of restorative sleep architecture and neurotransmitters regulating motivation

Neurosurgical patients self-stimulating the midline thalamus in Dr. Robert Heath's studies reported feelings of mild frustration and anger that they experienced as highly arousing and motivating

Testing shows human blood chemistry during the nocturnal waking period of biphasic sleep exhibits hormone levels similar to a lactating mother

Former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster died after experiencing severe cognitive decline, during which Mike Webster lived out of cars and under bridges

Habituation to cold water and severe sleep deprivation can diminish emotional responsiveness to acute physiological stressors during extreme endurance events

Terry Bradshaw took a one-year hiatus from performing in Branson, Missouri, to undergo hip replacement surgery

Katherine May became seriously ill while writing Wintering and could not finish working out her job notice period

In clinical neurosurgical experiments conducted by Dr. Robert Heath, patients with implanted intracranial electrodes most frequently chose to self-stimulate regions of the midline thalamus

Prolonged exposure to cold water during endurance swimming can induce severe hypothermia, rhabdomyolysis, and cellulitis

After a doctor in Miami recommended immediate heart surgery following Terry Bradshaw's panic attack, Bradshaw snuck out of a hospital in the middle of the night