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This artificial stimulation reproduced the desynchronization effect seen after sleep and similarly enhanced the animals' task performance, suggesting that specific patterns of electrical stimulation could potentially be used to emulate the cognitive benefits of sleep.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

"What's happening with déjà vu is a disconnection or a desynchronization between a part of the brain that is responsible for detecting familiarity."

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

Experts also believe that climate change plays a role, with disruptions like heavier rainfall, warmer winters, and the desynchronization of native plants and animals all favoring hardy invaders like knotweed.

From Slate • May 8, 2019

Michael Hoffer, a professor of otolaryngology and neurological surgery, had developed goggles, equipped with two high-resolution cameras, that could detect the desynchronization of the wearer’s rapid eye movements—a mark of a concussion.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2017

Some more thoughts: Internal desynchronization between various body clocks, especially long-term, is bound to have negative consequences.

From Scientific American • May 30, 2012