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One hour’s screen use after going to bed increases your risk of insomnia by 59%, scientists find. (www.frontiersin.org)

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A study of more than 45,000 Norwegian university students has shown that using screens in bed is strongly associated with insomnia symptoms and lower sleep duration. Researchers suspect that this is because screen time displaces sleep by taking up time when people would otherwise be resting. However, using social media was not found to be more harmful than other forms of screen use.

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[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Researchers suspect that this is because screen time displaces sleep by taking up time when people would otherwise be resting.

So if we went back to the old way of doing it where we stayed up late sitting upright at the computer until we couldn’t physically stay awake any longer, that wouldn’t be considered disruptive? I’m just trying to be cozy for my late couple hours of browsing. I’m not going to be going to sleep earlier. This has nothing to do with bed. Bed is a saint. You leave bed out of this.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

You’re going to switch back to 14 inch CRTs and you’re gonna LIKE IT!