NEW YORK: “Exploding head syndrome,” in which people are awakened by abrupt, loud but nonexistent noises or the sensation of an explosion inside their head, is especially common in young people, researchers say.
Almost one in five students interviewed in a Washington State University study said they had experienced the psychological phenomenon at least once, with some saying is was so bad it had a significant impact on their lives, the researchers say.
The syndrome generally occurs as a person is falling asleep, and scientists say they believe it’s the result of a hiccup in the brain’s mechanisms as it’s turning off.
In the “exploding head” phenomenon, auditory neurons, instead of turning off slowly and gradually, all crash at once and with a bang only the person hears, the researchers suggest in the Journal of Sleep Research.
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