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Why boring meetings make you sleepy

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Sitting through a dreadful meeting can legitimately make your muscles ache and your eyelids drop. Without sufficient neurological stimulation, the brain drastically drops your arousal levels and heart rate, aggressively pushing you toward hibernation. Your body decides that if you are not doing anything fun, you might as well just pass out.

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