Sleep

A lack of deep sleep was associated with reduced ability to deal with difficult emotions like shame. This may increase the long-term risk of developing depression.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Higher nighttime temperatures due to climate change are projected to disrupt summer sleep patterns, particularly for people who cannot afford air conditioning and people who are more sensitive to heat, like the elderly.

Postmenopausal women who increased their step count for 12 weeks using a pedometer reported better sleep quality.

Climacteric

Young adults learning a new motor skill performed better the next day after a night of sleep, compared to performing the skill later that same day.

Neuron

Sleep

In young children (aged 2-6) at risk of becoming overweight, those who got less than 10 hours of sleep per night were more likely to have increased body mass index (BMI) than those who got more than 10 hours of sleep.

Menopause was associated with faster cellular aging, with women who started menopause earlier having increased 'cellular age'. Getting more sleep might help slow down this process.

Health
Sleep

Taking a 1-2 hour-long nap was more beneficial than caffeine for memory performance in a word recall task.

Going camping without artificial lights for the weekend can help reset your sleep cycle to more closely match natural light cycles and wake up earlier.

Sleep

Having workday sleep habits that don’t match day-off sleep habits is associated with metabolic health problems (for example, higher body mass index), with a greater difference between workday and free-day schedules associated with greater health affects.

Health
Sleep

Napping for 20 minutes in either a chair or bed improved mood and sleepiness for habitual nappers, but napping in a bed was associated with greater alertness post-nap.

Biological Psychology