For many people, boredom and sleepiness often go hand-in-hand. Whether in church, in a difficult class or even a long meeting, most of us will feel our eyes become heavier and heads beginning to nod when we are bored. This can be very inconvenient but it remains a salient human behavior seen across cultures. Exactly […]
Circadian Rhythm Discoveries win the Nobel Prize
The chronobiology community received one of the highest recognitions on Monday as the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three Americans for their discovery on how internal clocks and biological rhythms govern human life. Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young took home the prize “for their discoveries of molecular […]
Sleep Deprivation and Depression: Could Losing Sleep Improve Your Mood?
Most people assume that sleep is good for one’s mood. Most of us become more emotionally labile and are generally in a bad mood when we didn’t get the proper amount of sleep. This holds true for many people, but new research suggests a powerful and common exception. Sleep deprivation may actually become a future […]
How Gut Bacteria Can “Hijack” Your Intestinal Circadian Rhythm, Causing Weight Gain
The obesity epidemic is one of the fastest growing threats to public health. More than 70 percent of American adults are currently overweight or obese, with other countries catching up quickly. This is putting our population at higher risk of a wide variety of preventable diseases. Despite a multi-billion dollar diet industry, we continue to get […]
Sleep-Promoting Brain Cells Switch off the Neurons That Keep Us Awake
Getting a solid night of sleep has never been as difficult as now. An increasing number of people in the Western world are struggling with insomnia, which often presents as difficulty falling asleep. New research on sleep-promoting brain cells shows that a small group of neurons are responsible for the process of falling asleep, offering […]
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