Hi,
I just fell asleep in class with the camera off and when the professor called my name to make sure my group was ready to present I immediately woke up to say that I was in the lecture and almost had a heart attack because missing this specific lecture is an automatic fail. I wanted to ask anyone as to why we wake up if someone calls our name even when we’ve been asleep for 10+ minutes, but don’t wake up when hearing other people’s names or the lecture content.
In: Biology
Its a psychological trigger. By telling from when you are a baby a word that refers to them, they associate it into their mind.
I’m 21, and for 21 years I have been called Gaybriel. For 21 years or so, when I heard gaybriel i knew it referred to me. For 21 years it is engraved in my mind to respond to that name.
Also when you are asleep, your unconscious is still “awake”, it is a heritage from when we were predated by animals. If we sensed danger, we had to wake up to escape it.
So when someone says your name while sleeping, your unconscious lights everything in your brain and tells you something requires specifically you.
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