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Your electronics might be keeping you awake

Posted by 3chelsea on May 13, 2010 at 10:56am in Mr Bruns 360 Message Board

J.D. Moyer recently conducted an experiment to see if the lights from his computer and even lighbulbs were interrupting his sleep. For one month, whenever the sun set he turned off all the electronics and lights in his house (even the lightbulb in his fridge!). Before, when he used lights after the sun set, he would be awake until at least midnight. During this experiment, when he went to bed at 9 he fell right asleep and woke up feeling well-slept and had lots of energy. The concern is that the gadgets we have are fooling our eyes into thinking it's daytime -- and that's why it takes so long to fall asleep.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/13/sleep.gadgets.ipad/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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3Breann May 20, 2010 at 9:50am

Makes sense I guess. High school kids should try it out.
4erin May 19, 2010 at 5:34pm

i have a reeeaaallllyyy hard time falling asleep with a tv on. and i'd say my phone keeps me awake a lot.
5Amanda May 19, 2010 at 11:41am

i have never really thought about this. im going to shut off my light and leave it off when i go to bed instead of turning it on and see if it work because im always tired.
5megan May 19, 2010 at 11:36am

That is so crazy. I am going to try that. I think thats true because with lights and computers it allows us to stay up later when the sun goes down. So, if we dont have lights then we will go to sleep earlier and get more sleep at night.
2Alex May 19, 2010 at 11:28am

I would have to agree its obvious.
5Ashley May 19, 2010 at 11:22am

yeah i agree when my phone light goes off i wake up or when i am on the computer im not tired and when its dark i fall asleep right away.
2michaela May 19, 2010 at 10:05am

sometimes i fall asleep with my tv on. but i will agree i go to bed faster when i have my tv off.
4Nick May 18, 2010 at 10:56pm

well that could be but it probably depends on the person too and how sensative they are. but if its like a strobe light or something you will never fall asleep.
5Shelbie May 18, 2010 at 9:08pm

well thats interesting.. i usually shut off all the lights and my phone is upside down, so really its pretty much pitch dark in my room except for the moon light. . . it still takes me forever to fall asleep sometimes.
5lucas May 18, 2010 at 7:39pm

i turn my phone off at night.. but i leave my tv on all nite long