Hacker News with Generative AI: Sleep

Rethinking Sleep from First Principles (affectablesleep.com)
If you’re like me, you’ve maybe had a love/hate relationship with sleep. As a life-long chronic insomniac, I’d love to sleep, but it’s never really been a thing for me. I went down the usual path of trying to get 8 hours of sleep, but even when I did, I didn’t feel any more refreshed than when I slept for 5 hours. Often, I actually felt better on 5 hours of sleep.
Sleep, Health, Personal Experiences, Insomnia
13 points by pedalpete 3 days ago | 23 comments
Don't need much sleep? Mutation linked to thriving with little rest (nature.com)
Some people can function well on little sleep.Credit: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty
Genetics, Sleep, Health, Science
11 points by lentoutcry 17 days ago | 1 comments
Exercise before bed is linked with disrupted sleep (medicalxpress.com)
Exercise too close to bedtime may affect sleep duration, timing and quality, new research led by Monash University has found. More strenuous workouts closer to bedtime coincided with greater disruptions to sleep and nighttime cardiac activity.
Health, Sleep, Exercise, Research
110 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 76 comments
The Australians hardwired to be up through the night (abc.net.au)
Abhinav Shrivastava is a rare natural night owl.
Sleep, Biology, Australia, Genetics
8 points by meander_water 29 days ago | 0 comments
Social media before bedtime wreaks havoc on our sleep (theconversation.com)
Social media, Sleep, Health, Technology
4 points by PaulHoule 35 days ago | 0 comments
What Your Sleep Tracker Gets Wrong About Sleep (affectablesleep.com)
At Affectable Sleep, we’re digging into what makes sleep truly restorative, because the tools most people rely on don’t always get it right.
Sleep, Health, Technology
39 points by pedalpete 43 days ago | 16 comments
Sleep is essential – researchers are trying to work out why (nature.com)
A typical person spends more than 20 years in a state of dreamy semi-consciousness. But surprisingly little is known about why we need this down time.
Science, Sleep, Health
251 points by sohkamyung 43 days ago | 177 comments
Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet (economist.com)
As clocks spring forward in the northern hemisphere, many people will be looking forward to longer, sunnier evenings—a few groggy mornings is a price they’re probably willing to pay. But a growing body of research suggests that they ought to be more cautious. The arrival of Daylight Saving Time (DST) seems to have long-lasting negative effects on human health.
Health, Sleep, Diet, Time
4 points by vinni2 50 days ago | 1 comments
Diagnosing bugs preventing sleep on Windows (wordpress.com)
TL;DR: Diagnosing programs causing insomnia is quite straightforward on Windows.
Windows, Debugging, Sleep, Troubleshooting
63 points by donpedro1337 51 days ago | 48 comments
Poor sleep may fuel conspiracy beliefs, research suggests (medicalxpress.com)
A new study from the University of Nottingham has revealed that poor sleep quality may increase susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs, with depression likely playing a key role in this relationship.
Sleep, Mental Health, Conspiracy Theories, Psychology
8 points by PaulHoule 61 days ago | 0 comments
Mindfulness mediates the association between chronotype and depressive symptoms (plos.org)
Morningness-eveningness (or diurnal preference) refers to an individual’s sleep-wake behaviour (preferred bed and wake times, and times preferred for peak cognitive/physical performance). Diurnal preference impacts mental health: studies have linked a tendency towards eveningness (late chronotype) to a higher risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) [1,2].
Mental Health, Science, Sleep, Psychology
29 points by wjb3 61 days ago | 22 comments
Sleep pressure accumulates in a voltage-gated lipid peroxidation memory (nature.com)
Voltage-gated potassium (KV) channels contain cytoplasmically exposed β-subunits1,2,3,4,5 whose aldo-keto reductase activity6,7,8 is required for the homeostatic regulation of sleep9.
Neuroscience, Biology, Sleep, Potassium Channels
25 points by gnabgib 65 days ago | 1 comments
Melatonin: Much more than you wanted to know (2018) (slatestarcodex.com)
[I am not a sleep specialist. Please consult with one before making any drastic changes or trying to treat anything serious.]
Health, Sleep, Science
8 points by wanderer2323 75 days ago | 0 comments
I set my phone to 'do not disturb' three years ago – and have never looked back (theguardian.com)
WhatsApp notifications in the middle of the night were the final straw. I switched those off – and every other alert – and it helped my wellbeing, sleep and parenting
Digital Wellbeing, Technology, Productivity, Sleep, Parenting
48 points by jethronethro 96 days ago | 65 comments
Sleep on it: exploring the psychology of sleep amidst contemporary challenges (nature.com)
Throughout history, poets, scholars, and scientists have acknowledged the profound link between sleep and psychological well-being. The wisdom of “sleep on it”, ingrained in both Western and Eastern traditions, highlights the crucial role sleep plays in restoring and enhancing cognitive functions. In today’s fast-paced, highly-interconnected, technology-driven world, where cognitive demands are ever-growing, quality sleep has become both more vital and more elusive. This collection delves into the evolving role of sleep in maintaining psychological well-being amidst contemporary challenges.
Psychology, Sleep, Science, Health, Technology
6 points by rntn 103 days ago | 0 comments
Night owl behavior could hurt mental health, sleep study finds (med.stanford.edu)
Night owls, brace yourselves. A new study by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that following your natural inclination to stay awake until the early morning hours is a bad choice for your mental health.
Mental Health, Sleep, Science, Research
45 points by pseudolus 104 days ago | 21 comments
Swede dreams: How Sweden is embracing its sleepy side (bbc.com)
Sweden's long, cold nights might put you off going there in winter, unless, that is, you are in search of that elusive 21st-Century luxury: a good night's sleep.
Sweden, Sleep, Travel, Culture
54 points by edward 117 days ago | 59 comments
Sleeping pills stop the brain's system for cleaning out waste (arstechnica.com)
Our bodies rely on their lymphatic system to drain excessive fluids and remove waste from tissues, feeding those back into the blood stream. It’s a complex yet efficient cleaning mechanism that works in every organ except the brain. “When cells are active, they produce waste metabolites, and this also happens in the brain.
Neuroscience, Health, Sleep, Biology
30 points by zdw 123 days ago | 20 comments
Higher potassium intake at dinner linked to fewer sleep disturbances – study (nutraingredients-asia.com)
A Japanese study underscores the potential of higher potassium intake, particularly at dinner time, in relation to improved sleep.
Nutrition, Sleep, Health, Research, Japan
269 points by hilux 126 days ago | 183 comments
Ask HN: How do you sleep on time? (ycombinator.com)
Hello fellow HN guys, My work mostly ends around 9 to 10:00 PM. I have this hangover of spending a few hours after dinner so it ends up me being able to sleep around 12:00PM-1:00 AM which is very late. What can I do to get to sleep early?
Sleep, Time Management, Productivity, Work-Life Balance, Health
18 points by rookie123 129 days ago | 29 comments
REM Sleep as a Mechanism to Prevent Takeover of the Visual Cortex (2021) (nlm.nih.gov)
Regions of the brain maintain their territory with continuous activity: if activity slows or stops (e.g., because of blindness), the territory tends to be taken over by its neighbors.
Sleep, Neuroscience, Brain Activity, Vision, Visual Cortex
30 points by mhb 147 days ago | 2 comments
Why some people can get away with only a little sleep every night (pbs.org)
Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a recommendation repeated so often it has become gospel. Get anything less, and you are more likely to suffer from poor health in the short and long term — memory problems, metabolic issues, depression, dementia, heart disease, a weakened immune system.
Sleep, Health, Science, Human Biology
5 points by giuliomagnifico 147 days ago | 1 comments
The new science of controlling lucid dreams (scientificamerican.com)
Dreams, Neuroscience, Sleep, Cognitive Science
185 points by cainxinth 147 days ago | 113 comments
Breathing coordinates brain rhythms during sleep (news.northwestern.edu)
Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves that strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Sleep, Neuroscience, Brain, Memory, Health
5 points by gnabgib 157 days ago | 0 comments
School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study (york.ac.uk)
Psychologists at the University of York, who tested the impact that smartphones have on children’s behaviour for a new two-part documentary series for Channel 4, found that a ban in school impacted positively on sleep and mood.
Education, Smartphones, Psychology, Sleep, Mood
1014 points by jonatron 160 days ago | 679 comments
How to Exercise for Better Sleep (nytimes.com)
A fitness routine can be key to a good night’s rest. But too much exercise at the wrong time could aggravate insomnia.
Health, Sleep, Exercise
10 points by SirLJ 164 days ago | 1 comments
Engineering Sleep (minjunes.ai)
Sleep claims a third of human life. Like water, it’s not a desire but a necessity. Sleep rules virtually every important system: brain, heart, mood, and immunity. Nature’s terms are harsh. Sleep eight hours or face mental and physical decay. Can we rewrite the terms in our favor? Can we sleep less, but still feel refreshed? I believe we can, and that now is the best time to start engineering sleep.
Sleep, Health, Science, Engineering
459 points by amin 174 days ago | 197 comments
Sleep regularity and major adverse cardiovascular events (jech.bmj.com)
This study examines the associations between device-measured sleep regularity and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and aims to determine whether sufficient sleep duration attenuates or eliminates the effects of irregular sleep on MACE risk.
Sleep, Cardiovascular Health, Medical Research, Public Health
93 points by domofutu 177 days ago | 16 comments
Could Humans Hibernate? (aeon.co)
The conventional view is that humans and other creatures around us live between periods of waking and sleeping. But it is not true. Many have mastered the art of hibernating, which allows them to spend quite a lot of their life in a mysterious state of suspended animation – sometimes more than half of it. What is hibernation, and is it something that humans might be capable of?
Biology, Science, Human Biology, Sleep
14 points by gmays 183 days ago | 11 comments
Lucid dreaming app triples users' awareness in dreams, study finds (psypost.org)
In a recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition, researchers at Northwestern University showed that a smartphone app using sensory cues can significantly increase the frequency of lucid dreams—dreams in which a person is aware they are dreaming while still asleep.
Lucid Dreaming, Sleep, Neuroscience, Apps, Research
123 points by mikhael 187 days ago | 111 comments