The initial allures of co-sleeping include making nighttime feeding easier,
a longer duration of sleep for parent and baby and eliminating some of the resistance associated with bedtime.
Upon waking from
a long duration of sleep our bodies will be in a heightened state of insulin sensitivity, regardless of the time of day.
Not exact matches
According to a 2014 study from Northwestern Medicine and the University
of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, office workers with more light exposure at the office enjoyed many benefits, including
longer sleep durations, better
sleep quality, and better quality
of life compared to workers who did not have much exposure to natural light at work.
Often this magical age
of 3 months comes and goes and
longer sleep durations are more the stuff
of dreams than reality.
For mothers who enjoy sharing sweet dreams with your baby, the research is affirming — touch and proximity are essential elements
of bonding; the hormonal status that enhances bonding is at its most effective during night - time breastfeeding; continued breastfeeding maintains the release
of hormones essential for mother - infant bonding, and breastfeeding is more likely to be successful for a
longer duration when mothers and infants share
sleep.
Thus, he is able to
sleep for
longer durations at night, i.e. 8 hours
of sleep during night.
Exclusively breast - fed infants had a significantly lower incidence
of colic attacks (p = 0.04), lower severity
of irritability attacks (p = 0.03), and a trend for
longer nocturnal
sleep duration (p = 0.06).
As a consequence
of this research the past two decades (1989 - 2009) have witnessed a) a renewed recognition
of the importance
of contact and touch for babies in the context
of improving breastfeeding initiation and
duration [17]; b) an increased awareness
of the role that close parental proximity and monitoring
of babies plays in reducing SIDS and neglect [18][19]; and c) the impact
of early mother - infant separation on
long - term mental health [20]-- all leading to a resurgence
of interest in parent - infant contact, particularly
sleep contact.
In the study that is now being published in the scientific journal
SLEEP, sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
SLEEP,
sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role
of nocturnal
sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how
long - term memories formed by
sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive stress.
«We were surprised that the heritability
of depressive symptoms in twins with very short
sleep was nearly twice the heritability in twins sleeping normal amounts of time,» said principal investigator Dr. Nathaniel Watson, associate professor of neurology and co-director of the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center in Seattle, Wash. «Both short and excessively long sleep durations appear to activate genes related to depressive symptoms,» added Watson, who also serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medi
sleep was nearly twice the heritability in twins
sleeping normal amounts
of time,» said principal investigator Dr. Nathaniel Watson, associate professor
of neurology and co-director
of the University
of Washington Medicine
Sleep Center in Seattle, Wash. «Both short and excessively long sleep durations appear to activate genes related to depressive symptoms,» added Watson, who also serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medi
Sleep Center in Seattle, Wash. «Both short and excessively
long sleep durations appear to activate genes related to depressive symptoms,» added Watson, who also serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medi
sleep durations appear to activate genes related to depressive symptoms,» added Watson, who also serves on the board
of directors
of the American Academy
of Sleep Medi
Sleep Medicine.
For example, DBS
of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is effective for alleviating
sleep problems and fatigue associated with PD, producing noticeable
long - term improvements in
sleep efficiency and the quality and
duration of continuous
sleep.
«Optimal
sleep duration should be promoted, as very
long and very short
sleep indicate health problems and subsequent sickness absence,» said principal investigator Tea Lallukka, PhD, specialized researcher at the Finnish Institute
of Occupational Health.
Graph showing
sleep duration (in minutes)
of wild fruit flies —
long sleepers, normal sleepers, and short sleepers — artificially bred across 13 generations.
Among the 790 couples the researchers followed, «we found both short and
long sleep duration — less than 6 hours or 9 or more per night — were associated with a reduced probability
of pregnancy,» Wise said.
Both short and excessively
long sleep durations seem to activate genes related to symptoms
of depression.
The controlled CTRC study limited the
duration of sleep loss and thus it is possible that given a
longer time course
of overeating, participants would have responded to changes in satiety and hunger hormones (35).
For instance, the consumption
of sugar - sweetened beverages, sweets, and processed foods may make it harder to do so, whereas the consumption
of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables might make it easier.4 - 10 Physical activity should also influence
long - term weight gain, but evidence to support this expectation has been surprisingly inconsistent.11 - 14 In addition, the
duration of television viewing and
of sleep may influence energy consumption, energy expenditure, or both.15 - 19 Different lifestyle behaviors have often been evaluated separately, thus limiting relative comparisons or the quantification
of combined effects.
«Inactivity,
sleep disturbance, psychiatric comorbidity, medication, and ongoing stress experienced by people with CFS will affect HPA axis function, and the findings that HPA axis dysregulation is more prominent in patients with a
longer duration of illness suggest that the endocrine changes may be secondary.»
If you keep increasing the intensity and
duration of play just prior to bedtime she will keep
sleeping longer.
In terms
of studies regarding behavioral problems, one extensive meta - analysis
of the relationship between
sleep deprivation and cognition in school - aged children found a significant increase in behavioral problems in children with shorter
sleep duration.25) Additionally,
sleep deprivation resulted in a significant increment in alertness and emotional reactivity in children, which led to delinquency,
long - term emotional and behavioral difficulties.26 — 28) Consistent with such findings,
sleep deprived subjects were more alert to negative stimuli, 29) and more susceptible to exaggerated aggressive impulses.30) Emotional lability and impulsivity were all strongly correlated with
sleep deprivation, 31) with the severity
of emotional dysregulation worsening as a function
of the degree
of sleep restriction.32)
However, higher levels
of mindfulness were associated with
longer sleep duration, better
sleep efficiency, and better subjective
sleep quality only through fewer depressive symptoms and higher levels
of mindfulness were associated with shorter
sleep latency only through anxiety.