Showing light when I'm awake

published by Tami Weiss on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 03:04
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hello! I just got the zeo and I am still getting used to it. Tonight, I decided to read a bit before going to sleep, but I did it with my zeo on. I read for about 40 minutes, fully awake, but when I looked at the zeo app, it showed light sleep intersperced with awake. Is it not working correctly? Am I possibly not using it correctly?

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Melissa@Zeo

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:41

Hi! Zeo is designed to interpret sleeping brainwaves and awakenings, it is not designed to interpret brainwaves when you are awake and active. Wearing the headband while up and awake can produce confused results for that period of recording (possibly confusing awake brain waves and REM or other sleep stages).

This is why we recommend removing the headband while you are awake, and only wearing when you are sleeping, or trying to sleep.

Brooklyn Walker

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:30

Aquagrrl, aside from what Melissa said, I suspect you fell lightly asleep while reading and didn't know it!  I find watch TV for 30-60 minutes as I prepare to fall asleep, and sometimes catch myself having woken up so I look at ZEO to see how long I'd been sleeping (1-2 bars/5-10 mins, usually).