The student began to nod off during math class.
When I was about to nod off in the office, the boss walked in.
This is a meeting, you will probably nod off a little.
Studies have indicated the scent may help people nod off faster than they normally would, and get them into the REM, or dream state, more quickly.
Sleep studies haven't yet concluded whether there are benefits to these brief intervals, like when you nod off on someone's shoulder on the train.
P: Not exactly. But these days I nod off easily. I sleep more and feel tired during the day which is not normal for me.
It's unknown why parts of an awake brain nod off, though it may have something to do with why mammals sleep-still an open question, said Tononi, whose study appears tomorrow in the journal Nature.
