Here is a selection of the recent news mentioning our lab members or their work on sleep:
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Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons
- People with insomnia and sleep paralysis are more likely to believe in aliens, the afterlife, and ‘things that go bump in the night,’ researchers find
- The Science of Healthy Baby Sleep
- Sleep Science: The Biggest Mistake “Successful” People Make
- Mail Online: Can’t drag yourself out of bed? Your DNA’s to blame, say scientists who found 46% of variability in how long we sleep is due to genetics
- Indepedent: Do power naps work? The science behind Boris Johnson’s reported Churchillian technique
- Martha Stewart: Science Says Your DNA Determines If You Are an Early Bird or Late Riser
- Science Focus: A scientist’s guide to life: How to get a good night’s sleep
- The New York Times: How Children’s Sleep Habits Have Changed in the Pandemic
- ScienceDaily: Poor sleep significantly linked with teenage depression
- PsychCentral: Teens’ Poor Sleep Tied to Later Depression, Anxiety
- The Sunday Times: How to get a good night’s sleep: tips from the experts
- The Guardian: Shuteye and sleep hygiene: the truth about why you keep waking up at 3am
- The Telegraph: Here’s what a healthy routine looks like now that dinner has become tea
- The Telegraph: How we’re all sleeping now: what’s your lockdown sleep tribe?
- BBC: Secrets of baby sleep: how snoozing helps your baby’s development
- Midday: ‘1/3 of life spent asleep impacts 2/3 spent awake’
- Today: The science behind why people claim to see ghosts
- Harvard Business School: Learn How to Beat Your Body Clock and Get an Early Start
- The Times and The Sunday Times: Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl?
- Gregory, A.M. (2018). Nodding Off. Sleep from Cradle to Grave. Bloomsbury Sigma, London.
Sleep is vital to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, our wellbeing, and our mental and physical health. It is essential for life itself. In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong and getting some shut-eye becomes more of a trial than a pleasure. - Gregory, A.M. & Kirkpatrick, C. (2019). The Sleepy Pebble and Other Stories: A book to help children relax before bedtime. Fl
ying Eye.The Sleepy Pebble and Other Stories is a soothing collection of tales co-written by sleep specialist Alice Gregory and children’s book writer Christy Kirkpatrick. They have crafted these stories to incorporate mindfulness and other techniques that can aid relaxation. Coupled with dreamlike and calming illustrations, this treasury could make bedtime a little bit easier.
