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Sky News Tech
Artificial Intelligence sleep app may mean an end to sleeping pills for insomniacs
Sky News Tech
2 min read · May 20th · Up to 800,000 people in England could benefit from the £45 app which can work through wearable devices like the Apple watch.
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The New York Times
Stop Hitting Snooze! Here Are 8 Expert Tips for Waking Up on Time.
The New York Times
5 min read · May 16th · Not a morning person? Not a problem. Here are eight expert-approved strategies for getting out of bed without hitting snooze.
Neuroscience News
Clues Into a Sleep Mystery
Neuroscience News
3 min read · Apr 29th · Using gene editing to disrupt a gene in the thalamus that codes for a protein that binds to GABA boosted the activity of delta waves and promoted deep sleep in mouse models.
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Neuroscience News
How Sleep Helps to Process Emotions
Neuroscience News
3 min read · May 13th · Study sheds light on how the brain processes emotions during dream sleep by consolidating positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative emotions. The findings could pave the way for…
Reader View · Shared by 53, including Miguel Angel Escotet
PsyPost.org
Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creativity and functional brain connectivity
PsyPost.org
3 min read · May 15th · People who can frequently recall their dreams tend to be more creative and exhibit increased functional connectivity in a key brain network, according to new research published in the journal Nature…
Lifehacker
How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Lifehacker
3 min read · May 17th · Is eight hours the magical number you always believed it to be?
ScienceAlert
Huge Study Identifies The 'Optimal' Amount of Sleep From Middle Age Onwards
ScienceAlert
3 min read · May 3rd · Sleep – a lot like eating food – is one of those things we need to live, but seemingly there are plenty of ways to do it wrong.
ScienceAlert
Being Sleep-Deprived Actually Changes The Way We See Other People
ScienceAlert
2 min read · May 6th · Scientists continue to discover ways in which a lack of sleep affects our mental and physical health – now a new study reveals that a serious lack of shut-eye can even influence the way we see other…
Reader View · Shared by 41, including Josh Blaha
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Knowable Magazine
Evolution Didn’t Wire Us for Eight Hours of Sleep
Knowable Magazine
7 min read · May 1st · Chimps sleep nine hours a night. Cotton-top tamarins sleep about 13. What happened to humans?
Reader View · Shared by 237, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Marinel Bijmolt🤓, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing
Lifehack
8 Natural Ways to Improve Your Sleep Quality Tonight
Lifehack
8 min read · May 14th · Securing a good nights sleep sets the stage for having a great next day. Here are 8 natural ways on how to improve your sleep quality.
PsyPost.org
Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creativity and functional brain connectivity
PsyPost.org
3 min read · May 15th · People who can frequently recall their dreams tend to be more creative and exhibit increased functional connectivity in a key brain network, according to new research published in the journal Nature…
SELF
These Are the Potential Benefits of Sleeping Naked
SELF
3 min read · May 10th · We asked experts, and they delivered.
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Sky News Tech
Artificial Intelligence sleep app may mean an end to sleeping pills for insomniacs
Sky News Tech
2 min read · May 20th · Up to 800,000 people in England could benefit from the £45 app which can work through wearable devices like the Apple watch.
Reader View · Shared by 97
Healthline
Jennifer Aniston on Living with Insomnia and Sleep Hacks That Help
Healthline
5 min read · Apr 19th · After years of living with insomnia, here’s how the iconic actor says she learned to improve her sleep quality.
Reader View · Shared by 58, including Dr. Deborah Serani, Women's Fitness mag
Neuroscience News
How Sleep Helps to Process Emotions
Neuroscience News
3 min read · May 13th · Study sheds light on how the brain processes emotions during dream sleep by consolidating positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative emotions. The findings could pave the way for…
Reader View · Shared by 53, including Miguel Angel Escotet
ScienceAlert
Being Sleep-Deprived Actually Changes The Way We See Other People
ScienceAlert
2 min read · May 6th · Scientists continue to discover ways in which a lack of sleep affects our mental and physical health – now a new study reveals that a serious lack of shut-eye can even influence the way we see other…
Reader View · Shared by 41, including Josh Blaha
Neuroscience News
Seven Hours of Sleep Is Optimal in Middle and Old Age
Neuroscience News
3 min read · Apr 28th · The optimal amount of sleep for middle-aged and older adults is seven hours per night. Sleeping too little, or too much, was associated with poor cognitive performance and mental health, researchers…
Reader View · Shared by 41
The New York Times
How Can I Stop Snoring?
The New York Times
4 min read · May 12th · This sleep-disrupting problem can be caused by a variety of things, but experts say there are ways to find relief.
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LessWrong
100 Tips for a Better Life
LessWrong
10 min read · 2020-12-23 · The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1 .If you want to find out about people’s…
Reader View · Shared by 1329, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, Tim Ferriss, Bilal Aslam, Mike Taylor, Leo Blazquez, Christian Hartmann, Stephan Leduc, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, nuuk, Talha Jameel, Salman 🦊, Tom Connor, Nils Hitze, Kevin Roberts, Piotr Migdal, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jason A Miller, David Pires, Chris Isak , Esther Schindler
Aeon+Psyche
Dreams are a precious resource. Don’t let advertisers hack them
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · 2021-11-19 · Dream-hacking techniques can help us create, heal and have fun. They could also become tools of commercial manipulation
Reader View · Shared by 664, including David Nagel, Bas Grasmayer, Miguel Angel Escotet, Paul Ford, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, sarcastic_f
Ness Labs
The psychology of revenge bedtime procrastination
Ness Labs
4 min read · 2021-06-28 · Have you ever come home after a long day at work, with a narrow window of time to eat, shower, and go to bed, but decided to carve out some leisure time at the expense of your sleep? This is called…
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 661, including Albert Ràfols, Gabriele, Katja Evertz, getAbstract, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Tarik ESSAADI
sciencefocus.com
Sleep and your health: Everything you need to know
sciencefocus.com
~12 min read · 2021-06-12 · Our 24/7 society seems to be slowly robbing us of our slumber, but at what cost? Sleep expert, professor of neuroscience and author of Why we sleep Dr Matthew Walker explores all the ways sleep can…
Reader View · Shared by 627, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Jansnet, Lee Keyes, Rand Fishkin, Katja Evertz, Connie Ragen Green
The Guardian
Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?
The Guardian
8 min read · 2021-11-14 · The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mind
Reader View · Shared by 607, including IronBrigade - Gaming/Vlogs, Steve Faulkner, Prof Hugo Spiers, Neuropsychology, Vaughan Bell
NPR
Just Move: Scientist Author Debunks Myths About Exercise And Sleep
NPR
8 min read · 2021-01-21 · Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of "getting exercise" is relatively new. His new book, Exercised, examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout, when our ancestors didn't.
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The Atlantic
How to Sleep
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2016 · Not getting enough sleep can have serious consequences, but people’s lifestyles often show a worrying disregard for the human body’s natural wake/sleep patterns. In this informative and entertaining article, health media guru and senior editor at The Atlantic James Hamblin, MD, looks at people’s paradoxical relationship to sleep and explains the physical and mental effects of their attempts to meddle with their body’s natural rhythms. getAbstract recommends this article to anyone looking to understand what happens to the brain and body when sleep proves elusive.
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Live Science
Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works
Live Science
4 min read · 2021-12-08 · Some of the world's most creative minds, including Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison described using this sleep technique to bolster creativity.
Reader View · Shared by 454, including Katja Evertz, Marsha Collier, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
The Guardian
The seven types of rest: I spent a week trying them all. Could they help end my…
The Guardian
9 min read · 2021-11-25 · When we feel extreme fatigue most of us focus on sleep problems. But proper relaxation takes many forms. I spent a week exploring what really works
Reader View · Shared by 454, including Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
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