desynchronize

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Verb1.desynchronize - cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
sync, synchronize, synchronise - make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"
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Several studies have shown that too much screen time disrupts sleep, desynchronizes the body clock, and desensitizes the brain's reward system.
McMahon, "Constant light desynchronizes mammalian clock neurons," Nature Neuroscience, vol.
Thus, the system synchronizes and desynchronizes depending on the relative magnitude of these three effects.
The visual cortex corresponding to the right visual field provides only distracting information; as a result, the frontal cortex desynchronizes with these neurons to reduce susceptibility to distraction.
When Jonas draws and redraws as performance, whether broad circles or conical shapes, faces or dogs or astronomical bodies, she cuts through our assumptions about the image--its transmission and comprehensibility in the present tense--just as surely as when she desynchronizes recorded image and sound.
The mu rhythm also desynchronizes when expert pianists read sheet music [33].