A gathering of some 30 active sleep researchers responded to an invitation from Nathaniel Kleitman in 1961 that led to the formation of a sleep research society. It was around the annual meetings of the Association of the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS) that the organizational needs of...
Medically, specific brainwave patterns, patterns of breathing, and heart rhythms are measured to define sleep and different sleep stages. If you have been referred for any sleep study, you may wear a special apparatus that measures how you are sleeping. Some detect temperature, breathing, and hea...
In a short study on sleep duration, researchers found that adults not getting enough sleep were 55% more likely to be obese. Worse than that, children were actually 89% more likely to obese when not getting enough sleep. Lack of sleep’s association withfat accumulationseems to be for a n...
Expertanalysis:humannormalsleeptimeis5to10hours, adultssleep7.5hourspernightonaverage.About1to2of everyonehundredpeoplesleeponly5hoursanight,whilethe otherfewsleepfor10hours.Mostofusdon'tsleepwellfor mostofthetime.Thestudyfoundthatvolunteerswhowere allowedtosleepforaslongaspossiblehadtospendoneor morehoursto...
These subjects were selected from the baseline study of Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) database50. Their health status was established by medical history and life quality questionnaires. In SHHS, Compumedics PS polysomnograph was applied to complete a single over-night polysomnogram. The ...
This large-sample study examined the association between resident weekly DH and sleep-related variables, sleep duration, and insomnia symptoms among residents in Japan and assessed the impact of sleep-related impairments on residents’ depressive symptoms and self-reported medical errors. Methods Study ...
Lifestyle aspects affect your cognitive processing – you need them for concentration & learning. Sleep, eat, exercise well. Coffee/tea helps. Nature helps. So does Yoga, Fun & breaks.Share on X 2. Intrinsic motivation: Ignite the self-motivation to study and the satisfaction to continue ...
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Sleep is an emerging risk factor for dementia but its association with brain health remains unclear. This study included UK Biobank (n = 29,545; mean age = 54.65) participants at imaging visit with sleep measures and brain scans, and a s
In this randomised, placebo-controlled trial, adults with impaired sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ≥ 5) were randomly assigned using a minimization algorithm to receive a formulation containing l-theanine plus lemon balm, valerian, and saffr