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Category Archives: Sleep
WSJ: Can’t Sleep? Here Are Some Surprising Strategies That Actually Work
From the WSJ: Ironically, insomnia is also driven by the things we do to try to solve it, experts say. We start to chase sleep—waking up later, taking naps, going to bed too early. This diminishes our sleep drive, which … Continue reading
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The Telegraph: Sleep deprivation fuels loneliness because tired people are socially repellent
My biggest health problem is lack of sleep. I go to bed by 10pm most every night, get up around 5-6 am most every day, practice good sleep hygiene, I bought an air conditioner to keep my bedroom cool in … Continue reading
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Blacks Sleep Less Than Whites
Peter Frost writes: African Americans sleep on average almost an hour less than do Euro Americans. The two groups have mean sleep times of 6.05 hours and 6.85 hours. This finding has recently been discussed by Brian Resnick in National … Continue reading
BBC: Sleep training ‘may reduce racism and sexism’
REPORT: Levels of unconscious racist and sexist bias have been reduced by manipulating the way the brain learns during sleep. A team at Northwestern University, Chicago, played sounds while people slept to trigger and enforce memories of an exercise earlier … Continue reading
A West Coast Reader Has An Explanation For The Black-White “Sleep Gap”—Differential Noise Levels
VDARE: Re: Steve Sailer’s post Racism Never Sleeps: “The Black-White Sleep Gap: An Unexpected Challenge in the Quest for Racial Justice” From: A West Coast Reader [Email her] I slept eleven hours last night, at home, because I was up … Continue reading
Oliver Sacks RIP
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Wow, you got in a few substantive posts in last night/early morning. I wonder what your sleep pattern is? I find people’s sleep pattern fascinating. IMO, more high energy the less sleep needed. I don’t … Continue reading
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Sleep Helps You Integrate Your Memories
I dreamt last night that I was back at university and I was trying to figure out a way to use various facilities, including the pool, for free. I thought I pulled it off but then I got caught and … Continue reading
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