分类目录归档：sleep
Transcriber: TED Translators admin Reviewer: Krystian Aparta
So far, we've spoken about
all of the wonderful benefits that sleep provides,
but how much sleep should we actually be getting?
[Sleeping w
Transcriber: TED Translators admin Reviewer: Ivana Korom
We can all have a bad night of sleep
and that's perfectly normal,
but how could we try to improve
both the quantity and the quality of our slee
Transcriber:
Are we designed to nap during the day?
[Sleeping With Science]
Most people aim to get their recommended seven to nine hours of sleep
in one long stretch at night.
And the technical term
melatonin is a hormone often called the
hormone of darkness simply because
melatonin tells your brain and your body
that it's nighttime and that it's time
to sleep melatonin is naturally produced
by y
Transcriber: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer:
The COVID pandemic has changed sleep in at least four different ways:
quantity, quality, timing and dreaming.
[Sleeping with Science]
The first is sleep quantit
Imagine this:
You're fast asleep
when all of a sudden you're awoken!
And not by your alarm clock.
Your eyes open,
and there's a demon sitting on your chest,
pinning you down.
You try to open your mout
It's 4 a.m., and the big test is in eight hours,
followed by a piano recital.
You've been studying and playing for days, but you still don't feel ready for either.
So, what can you do?
Well, you can
In 1965, 17-year-old high school student, Randy Gardner
stayed awake for 264 hours.
That's 11 days to see how he'd cope without sleep.
On the second day, his eyes stopped focusing.
Next, he lost the
A baby cursed at birth. A fierce battle of good and evil.
A true love awoken with a kiss.
Sleeping Beauty is one of the world’s favorite folktales.
But one of its most famous renditions tells the st
Your eyes get heavy and gradually... close...
But wait!
It’s only lunchtime and you still have so much to do.
Would taking a nap help? Or would it derail your day?
Our sleep, both at night and in nap