Sep 11, 2012 | Sleep & Memory, Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
Everyone knows that not getting enough sleep makes it hard to perform at the top of your game. Being overtired impacts your cognitive abilities, making it harder to concentrate and slowing your response time. It compromises your decision making capabilities and...
Sep 4, 2012 | Sleep & Memory, Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
New research coming out of Brigham Young University shows that there may be a link between how well you can perform visual search tasks and both the amount of sleep you have gotten and what time of day it is. The findings, which were recently published in the Journal...
Aug 13, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
When years of sacrifice and intense training are on the line, every advantage helps. And, quality sleep is arguably one of the best tools athletes call upon. That’s why Kobe Bryant checks into a hotel to nap before home games and you sometimes catch athletes dozing in...
Aug 6, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
People all over the country will be tossing and turning, struggling to get the sleep they need tonight. A new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior indicates that the reason many of these people can’t fall asleep is not an undiagnosed sleep...
Aug 1, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
With daytime temps in the triple digits and nighttime lows barely dipping below 80 degrees, summer can make getting the sleep you need particularly challenging. The majority of us are already suffering from some level of sleep deprivation at least once and awhile. ...
Jul 30, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Uncategorized
The best night’s sleep possible is often described as “sleeping like a baby”, which is interesting if you think about how babies actually sleep. I don’t think many of us really believe that waking up to go to the bathroom or have a snack every two hours actually...