According to a BBC article, “Sweet Smells Foster Sweet Dreams,” what we smell at night can affect our dream state. Presumably that would also affect the quality of our sleep.
Posts Tagged ‘sleep’
Sweet (Smelling) Dreams
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Nap Time!
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Feeling the need for a few more Z’s in your day? It may be a good idea to allocate the time. The Boston Globe has posted a cool info-graphic about napping here:
What Happens When We Sleep, What Happens When We Don’t
Sunday, February 10th, 2008“Chronic sleep deprivation is widely considered a side effect of living in a 24/7 society. It’s even documented that people living in industrialized nations get about an hour less sleep a night than they did 40 years ago. But until recently, people generally considered the effects of such sleep to be inconsequential.
“If only. A study last summer showed how, contrary to common wisdom, our bodies can’t make up for chronic sleep loss. The authors suggested that the accumulated deficit did more than just make people feel a little tired or short-tempered. Chronic sleep loss of even two to three hours per night held the potential to hamper body and mind functioning, not to mention quality of life.”
