QUIET!!! Noise and sleep When noise interferes with sleep. I really like animals, especially dogs. There are several dogs in our extended family, even though we don’t have any ourselves. With nine moves in ten years, we didn’t want to put any dogs through this. However, our neighbors’ dogs put…
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School start times promote ADHD?
School start times promote ADHD? More sleep leads to less impulsive behavior and more stress resistance in children! Honestly, is that a surprise? Study shows correlations According to a recent study [1]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352721823000669?via%3Dihub by the University of Georgia’s Youth Development Institute, healthy sleep could be the game changer to help children…
Continue ReadingPolyphasic sleep – Can we really all do the Ronaldo?
Polyphasic sleep – Can we really all do the Ronaldo? Polyphasic sleep has been known to a wider public since Ronaldo at the latest. It refers to a special sleep pattern that is very different from our classic sleep rhythm. Biphasic and polyphasic sleep are also not the same thing.…
Continue ReadingHeat death in your sleep? 12 power tips for a good night’s sleep in the heat.
Heat death in your sleep? 12 power tips for a good night’s sleep in the heat. These are the temperatures here in Sanchez (Dominican Republic) in week 26/27, but they have been the same for the last 2 months that we have been here. And they will continue to be…
Continue ReadingFlexible working hours versus COPEP chronoworking
I have already written an article about the new “chronoworking” trend. Essentially, it’s about taking into account the chronobiological parameters of employees and, of course, their chronotype in particular. People who work from home certainly have more opportunities to live their genetic sleep/wake rhythm and to align their work, household…
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