Fresh off an all-nighter and ready for this morning’s conference call with a guy whose smug tone you can’t stand? Well, maybe hold off on that judgement—said smug tone, and a whole host of other things, might be a figment of your imagination. According to a study published in Psychological … Read More
Sleep is pretty important, as we’re fond of saying around here. Looking for a way to get better sleep? First you need some data—and that’s where Sense ($99—fully funded on Kickstarter) comes it. In addition to the main device, which doubles as an alarm clock, the system comes with a … Read More
Burning the midnight oil again? Well, here’s the thing: you might actually be mortgaging your future. That torturously mixed metaphor comes courtesy of my poor sleep, which a new study in PLOS One suggests may cause problems with dementia down the road. The many negative results of poor sleep are … Read More
Spend a lot of time getting interrupted during sleep? Like if you’re a new parent, or need to leave your work phone on? Well, that’s just as bad as getting four hours of sleep a night. Which is pretty bad. This information comes to us courtesy of a study published … Read More
Thinking of burning the midnight oil? Maybe don’t—after twenty-four hours, the quality of your thinking won’t be so great. In fact, it’ll be comparable to someone with schizophrenia. This information comes courtesy of a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers recruited a total of twenty-four healthy subjects, men … Read More
