sleep
Burning the midnight oil? You’ll probably follow that up with a nightcap. Or two. According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, people who work long hours also tend to drink more than those with less strenuous schedules. According to the researchers: “In a cross sectional analysis of … Read More
Studying a second language? Have a bunch of stuff to remember? Just want to improve your mental acuity in general? Here’s one solution: take a nap. A study published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory has found that taking a short nap can help significantly help you retain learning. Researchers … Read More
We know this’ll sound odd, but: scientists have found a possible cure for fear, and it involves weird smells, electric shocks, and sleep. A study published in Nature Neuroscience has found that exposure therapy, a proven method of curing fear that involves repeated exposure to the object of your fear, … Read More
We’ve been over why you need sleep—but what happens when you get not enough, or too much? The results aren’t pretty. According to a new study by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, which is published in Sleep, short sleepers (six hours and less) have a higher incidence of … Read More
We write about sleep a lot here at DailyXY (see here, and here, and here, and here, and here), but that’s mainly because sleep has attracted a lot of scientific attention recently. Scientifically speaking, it’s weird that mammals sleep. It makes us vulnerable, we don’t need it to regular our … Read More
