2013-03-20

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The snooze button - one of life's luxuries. But is it really helping you out, or making you more tired?

What If You Sleep 2 Hours Less Every Night? /youtube/video/fuvbS7cdKbs

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Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Further Reading --

Sleep Basics:

1) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm

2) http://www.livescience.com/21050-feel-good-brain-chemical-s-role-in-sleep.html

Sleep Fragmentation:

1) http://www.journalsleep.org/Articles/250302.pdf

2) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2869.1999.00161.x/full

3) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1986.tb00630.x/abstract

Snoozing:

1) http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/News/The-Snooze-Button-Friend-or-Foe-236.aspx

2) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2031502/Hands-snooze-button-Wake-tired-Heres-bounce-bed.html