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Innocent people do confess to terrible crimes they had nothing to do with. Psychologists are investigating factors that contribute to false confession – including how well-rested a suspect feels.
Is electricity making us sleep less? A new study on sleep in preindustrial societies suggests the answer is no. But it misses a big point: people in preindustrial societies spend more time in darkness than we do.
I recently wrote about the terrible sleep habits of the characters in House of Cards. I disapproved of Frank Underwood’s late-night computer work in the Oval Office, his new midnight iPad gaming habit…
While many of these devices, especially e-readers, seem harmless enough, the light they emit may affect our sleep patterns and leave us feeling tired the next day.
Shifting the clocks ahead by an hour can’t have that much of an effect on us, right? According to the experts, losing those 60 precious minutes of sleep can really hurt.
If Frank Underwood has trouble sleeping at night, it’s not because of his conscience
We all have a poor night’s sleep from time to time: those nights when you lie awake for hours trying desperately to go to sleep but can’t stop worrying about tomorrow. Or when you repeatedly wake up throughout…
It’s 6.30am and after a long holiday break, your alarm clock is insistently telling you it’s time to get out of bed. For many people – me included – the automatic reaction is to hit the snooze button…
Every evening, parents across Australia hope their babies will sleep through the night. Many won’t. That’s where controlled comforting, or controlled crying might help. Contrary to some claims, this is…
The National Sleep Foundation has done a great job terrifying citizens since the 1990s with its annual Sleep in America poll results. In 2005, 60% of adult drivers in the US reported that they’d driven…
We’ve known for a long time that hypnotic drugs are not good to take for more than one to three weeks because they are habit-forming and increase the risk of accidents. And there’s now a growing body of…
Many teenagers are not getting optimal sleep on school nights, largely due to overuse of mobile phones, video games and the…
Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain. The health benefits of sleep are extremely well-documented. It provides…
What happens if you get less than six hours sleep each night? Research from the University of Newcastle suggests that your…
Students who go to bed late during the school year have poorer academic results than those with a healthy sleep cycle. Researchers…
A poll by Lifeline released earlier this week shows almost two-thirds of Australians reported sleep loss because of stress relating to work or their finances. The findings went largely unremarked, even…
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Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
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Penn State
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Director of the Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
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Co-Director Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
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Research professor, University of South Australia
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Michael J. Decker, PhD, RN, RRT, Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine Associate Professor, Nursing, Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University
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Research Fellow / Health Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Appetite and Obesity, University of Liverpool
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The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Sleep Psychologist and Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
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Associate Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
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Reader in Energy Systems and Innovation, University of Birmingham
