The extra-hour of sleep received when clocks are put back at the start of daylight in Canada has been found to coincide with a fall in the number of road accidents.
Humans sleep on average around three hours less than other primates like chimps, rhesus monkeys, squirrel monkeys and baboons, all of whom sleep for 10 hours.
The “natural alarm clock” which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin. Researchers say this reflects an unconscious anticipation of the stress of waking up.
Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain’s sleep-wake clock.
Most of what we know about sleep we’ve learned in the past 25 years.
Experts say one of the most alluring sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the Internet. (I Agree!!)
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3 comments:
I want to try that "bright light on the back of my knees" thing... lol!
Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain’s sleep-wake clock.
Uh, I'm trying to figure out how we can accomplish applying that bright light to the backs of our knees without laying on our faces? Could we get some detailed instructions? :)
Very interesting blog!! Didn't realize you could get Darth Vader shorts on OLA!
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