Do people who’ve fallen asleep watching TV really wake up when someone turns it off? What’s happening in their brain?

Question

Throughout my life I’ve seen this bit on tv and movies time and time again, but I don’t know if that actually happens nor which could be the cause

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Answer 1

hm, it really depends on the person. but for the ones who do wake up, it’s mostly because they’ve gotten used to the sound as background noise so when the tv turns off and there’s no sound, they get surprised when there’s no more noise coming from the tv