39 min
#84 - Sleep and Smart Phones: No One’s Answering Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
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- Medicine
The research on sleep and cell phone use is negative and there is an overwhelming amount of it. The negative impacts on sleep affect all age groups and demographics. While the impact on mood, memory, and attention is clearly sizable, the impact on sleep exists independently from these effects. In this episode we will:
Examine the effects of cell phone use in three populations: adults, college-age students, and adolescents/school-aged childrenDetermine the scope of cell phone use at bedtime and beyondMeasure the impact phone use has on sleep, including sleep onset, sleep quality, and sleep amountList the features of phone use at night that may explain the detrimental effectsReview the impact curtailing cell phone use at night can have one sleepProduced by: Maeve Winter
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Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!
The research on sleep and cell phone use is negative and there is an overwhelming amount of it. The negative impacts on sleep affect all age groups and demographics. While the impact on mood, memory, and attention is clearly sizable, the impact on sleep exists independently from these effects. In this episode we will:
Examine the effects of cell phone use in three populations: adults, college-age students, and adolescents/school-aged childrenDetermine the scope of cell phone use at bedtime and beyondMeasure the impact phone use has on sleep, including sleep onset, sleep quality, and sleep amountList the features of phone use at night that may explain the detrimental effectsReview the impact curtailing cell phone use at night can have one sleepProduced by: Maeve Winter
More
Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!
39 min