Never seem to get enough sleep? Why chasing ‘enough sleep’ to repay your ‘sleep debt’ might not be helping.
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Compressed hours are linked to tiredness and sleep deprivation, which can result in serious health problems and poorer decision-making.
Fancy retreats and suites with sleep butlers and pillow menus are becoming big business. But do you really need to leave home for some shuteye?
For over 20 years, I have researched and treated children sleep problems. The research suggests changing sleep patterns over the summer break does not have to be a problem.
We live in a world where we frequently do not get enough sleep, but we need sleep if our brains are going to stay healthy and function efficiently.
A few one-off late nights and sleep-ins won’t hurt, but it’s best not to fall completely off the bedtime routine wagon during the holidays.
Our latest research also shows that retirement allows us to finally get as much sleep as our body needs each night.
Though quarantine isn’t an ideal situation, it might offer us a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep.
If we don’t get enough sleep, can we catch up later? Experts are divided.
Top contributors
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Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Postdoctoral research fellow, RIKEN
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Associate Professor of Sleep and Wellbeing, University of Sydney
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Research Professor and Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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PhD Candidate in Public Health at the Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University
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Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
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Honorary Affiliate and Clinical Psychologist at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Sleep & Circadian Scientist, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer, Sport and Exercise, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Visiting Professor, Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Mathematics, Head of School, School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Surrey