By Wiley
February 8, 2022
Media usage in the hour before sleep was related to an earlier bedtime. If the before-bed usage did not include multitasking and was carried out in bed, it was also connected with more total sleep time. A long usage of media related to later bedtime and less total sleep time. Sleep quality was unaffected by media use before bed.
” If you are going to use media, like seeing television or listening to music, prior to bed, keep it a short, focused session and you are not likely to experience any unfavorable outcomes in your sleep that night,” said lead author Morgan Ellithorpe, PhD, of the University of Delaware.
Reference: 9 February 2022, Journal of Sleep Research.DOI: 10.1111/ jsr.13551.
New research published in the Journal of Sleep Research has actually examined how sleep might be impacted by media usage– such as seeing films, tv, or YouTube videos; searching the Internet; or listening to music– before bed.
In the study, 58 adults kept a diary that tape-recorded info associated to time invested with media prior to bed, area of use, and multitasking. Electroencephalography– tests that find electrical activity of the brain using little metal discs connected to the scalp– caught parameters such as bedtime, overall bedtime, and sleep quality.