The Importance of Routine and Timing of Sleep

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No electronics, maybe in the bedroom, might be a good sort of... Oh, absolutely. And it's been shown in study after study that teenagers that have electronics far from them outside the room have much better social emotional performance. The circadian clock is one of the things that its drive for wakefulness starts relaxing at night at the same time that the homeostatic need for sleep builds. So that allows you to go to sleep at the right time. Jet lag is a problem because you need to reset that clock and our clocks can phase shift by about an hour a day. If you're flying six hours of time difference, it's going to take you a few days to really reset to

Dr. Gina Poe has spent nearly four decades studying the science of sleep, and how we can all get a better night’s rest by making some simple changes in our lives. In this episode Poe dives deep into what she’s learned about sleep during her career, including the stages of sleep, why you’re waking up in the middle of the night, why some people remember their dreams, the best bedtime routines, and the real-life consequences when you miss a night’s sleep. Dr. Poe is a professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA, where she is also the Director of the school’s Sleep and Memory Laboratory, which investigates the mechanisms by which sleep traits serve learning and memory consolidation.

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