Researchers think that the sleep patterns have less to do with sunlight and more to do with temperature. One article recommended sleeping in a room that was 60 to 73 degrees fahrenheit, which could help you get more restorative sleep. We can really enhance our drive to sleep by bundling up or turning on your heater. When we're awake it's almost impossible to discern the brain activity of somebody dreaming versus the brain act of somebody who's awake. So this is just another reason to bundle up, turn the heater down a scoch, maybe keep a window open.
Birds do it. Bees do it. Why the hell can't we do it? Called "The Sleep Whisperer," neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. W. Chris Winter joins Alie for a thrilling 2-parter about why we need sleep, the ideal amount of it, what sleep does to the brain, insomnia, sleep stages, ideal bedtime conditions, and even the historical lore around sleep paralysis. Next week, we'll answer listener questions about everything from sleeping pills to brain performance to insomnia cures to apnea to sleepwalking to parenthood and shift work. Think of it as a free seminar to fix your life. Maybe.
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