Does It Matter What Time I Go to Bed?
Researchers suggest that sleep preferences aren't a matter a choice, but rather primarily influenced by genetics and chronotypes.
Researchers suggest that sleep preferences aren't a matter a choice, but rather primarily influenced by genetics and chronotypes.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
Examining the positive effects of sleep deprivation leads to new information about how we sleep.
It turns out that the favored non-meal food categories are the same among adults regardless of sleep habits, but those getting less sleep tend to eat more snack calories in a day overall.
Read MoreThe findings underscore the importance of prioritizing sleep and that naps—even if they include SWS—cannot replace a full night of sleep.
Read MoreShorter nighttime sleep in Asian infants can’t be explained by socioeconomic factors alone.
Read MoreThe study intended to identify the subjective sleep need of elite athletes and compare it with an objective measure of their habitual sleep duration.
Read MoreA new MIT study looks at how the length of time a person sleeps may impact their sense of well-being.
Read MoreParticipants recorded their mental and physical behaviors in a diary for eight consecutive days, allowing researchers to review how sleep loss causes wear and tear on the body.
Read MoreFurther work could attempt to change the sleeping circumstances of low-income workers to see if better sleep quality, not just increased sleep quantity, makes a difference.
Read MoreTeens were allocated to one of three sleep “doses” for five consecutive nights with two baseline and two “recovery” nights.
Read More“Sleep is modifiable behavior, and perhaps easier to modify than going after substance use directly.”
Read MoreResults show that mean sleep duration increased in nearly all groups by 5 to 11 minutes, compared with a mean decrease of 5 to 8 minutes seen over the same period in 2019.
Read More“Caffeine may improve the ability to stay awake and attend to a task, but it doesn’t do much to prevent the sort of procedural errors that can cause things like medical mistakes and car accidents.”
Read MoreThe team found that students learning remotely in the summer 2020 session went to bed an average of 30 minutes later than pre-pandemic students.
Read MoreData was obtained from regular users of the Sleep Cycle before and after the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020.
Read MoreThe project’s premise relates to the worldwide increases in obesity that have led to a higher incidence of obstructive sleep apnea.
Read MoreOur closest hibernating relative has gone into true, deep hibernation in captivity for the first time at the Duke Lemur Center.
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