Dormivigilia

I saw this in Urban Outfitters and it is based on the works of Freud and Jung. Does dream symbolism actually forecast the future or unveil your unconscious desires for conscious analysis? Not at all! But fabulous book title!

While listening my favorite weekly skeptic/scientific inquiry podcast, Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, I heard about the recent protest to ban Wi-Fi in Canadian public schools. Teachers there complain that Wi-Fi, which has low-frequency radiation, is detrimental to adolescent health and school performance. The teachers believe that Wi-Fi is causing headaches and nausea, sending many [...]

The tiny city of Kent (Ohio) borders a major, busy railroad. At least 12 times a day, you hear the multiple blarring “BAHHHHHHHs” of the commercial trains crossing intersections late at night or you are constantly stuck at one of these major intersections waiting for a 40-car train to pass. When I first moved here, [...]

A few years ago, I read an article about the unfathomable lack of sleep that is structured into the curriculum of military schools; we’re talking 5-6 hours a night for young adults who still requires between 8.4-10 hrs a night. In this month’s journal SLEEP Swedish researchers have observed thatchronic sleep deprivation in military personnel [...]

This “Get Some Sleep” PSA made by students of Dr. Matt Walker at UC Berkeley, who studies the importance of sleep and napping for retaining memories and liberating space in the hippocampus for more memories, was presented at this year’s Sleep Research Society Trainee Day. Be a good Lego and get 9 hours of sleep.

I don’t usually find articles in the Journal of Neuroscience that are specifically devoted to research on sleep and circadian rhythms. But I received a treat this week, nonetheless, from the U of Wisconsin group of Chiara Chirelli and Giulio Tononi, who are leading experts on the evolutionary significance of sleep (and also consciousness): sometimes, [...]

Though various flora and fauna (and long days!!!) are indications of Ohioan summers, I have physiologically been forewarned of summer by having difficulty falling and staying asleep at night. Supporting sustainability (i.e. not using air conditioning) is a Devil’s advocate as reported (and personally experienced) in recent news from the  National Sleep Foundation. But at [...]

This time of the year in Ohio, it’s quite easy to be distracted by buzzing cicadas in the day and crickets at night. South Africa is experiencing a more menacing epidemic, however, one that was highly distracting to myself and other fellow Heptagonal athletes back in 2004 , when a Dartmouth athlete decided to blare a [...]

Since arriving in San Antonio on Friday, I have managed to not fall into the San Antonio river….yet. Walking around the River Walk, which winds throughout the city limits is precarious particularly if your daily caloric intake comes from tequila gold margaritas and Alamo beer. Besides eating Tex Mex and vegetarian surprises (red-skinned mashed potatoes [...]

This post is a ping-back from yesterday’s, which highlighted the use of throat exercises as an accompanying treatment option for sleep apnea. But what better way to exercise your throat, reduce the risk and/or severity of sleep apnea, and make unusually eerie music at the same time with this! I introduce to you the didgeridoo. [...]