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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…
When you sleep your brain consolidates memory and encodes experiences. A recent study sought to show how this was happening.
Today, most of us get too little light during the day and too much at night for our circadian rhythm to function at its best.
Sleep is vital for good health but more may not always be better for everyone. In fact, a growing body of research shows that it may increase your risk of early mortality.
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
By learning to become more aware of present-moment experiences, we learn not to react to thoughts and worries that can interfere with sleep.
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…
About three years ago, a teenage girl was talking with me and other students about using her cell phone late at night. She told us how she waited until her parents were asleep, then spent at least four…
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…
Rest “is for wimps” – or so many would have us believe. In a world where “time is money” and there “aren’t enough hours in the day”, hard-working people are sleeping less and working more. This in itself…
At the end of this month Australia’s Productivity Commission will issue the final report of its inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care. The inquiry was limited from the outset by the requirement…
In recent years scientists have discovered the many ways that the brain is activated during sleep. But we’re also beginning to see ways in which the body is activated during sleep, especially during rapid…
The idea that during sleep our minds shut down from the outside world is ancient and one that is still deeply anchored in our view of sleep today, despite some everyday life experiences and recent scientific…
The amount of sleep adults need has once again come under the spotlight, with a recent Wall Street Journal article suggesting seven hours sleep is better than eight hours and the American Academy of Sleep…
A study has found one in two mothers are excessively tired four months after giving birth. University of Queensland researchers…
Throughout our lives we experience changes in sleep patterns and in the amount of sleep we need. While babies sleep between 16 and 18 hours per day, this is reduced to approximately seven to eight hours…
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Research professor, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Chercheur en neurosciences à l'Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, Inserm
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Professor of Sleep Physiology, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Research Fellow / Health Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, Flinders University
