Sleeplessness Archive

  • Researchers: Playing video games before bedtime doesn’t keep you up all night

    Researchers: Playing video games before bedtime doesn’t keep you up all night

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    I remember when I was a kid playing the NES and I'd always play until about nine or ten at night and then go to bed and read until 2AM or so. While you could feasibly correlate the fact that playing games kept me up - my grandma always did and she said I'd always get too "excited" when I played SMB or something else equally thrilling - apparently there is no causation between the two. According to a Flinders University study, gaming did not cause sleeplessness or sleep impairment. The study focused on teens with a mean age of 16, however, and the researchers found that younger teens may be more impaired by thrilling games. They played CoD 4: Modern Warfare, incidentally, so it doesn't get more thrilling than that.

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  • The ZZZ Checker monitors and analyzes your sleeping behavior

    The ZZZ Checker monitors and analyzes your sleeping behavior

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    A Japanese company called Spec Computer is selling a cool new gadget that makes it possible for insomniacs to get behind the reason for their sleeplessness. The good thing about the so-called ZZZ Checker [JP] is that in contrast to similar devices, it doesn't require you to wear anything on your body, for example a wrist band.

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