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Rocking like a baby promotes better sleep in adults
We know babies benefit from being rocked to sleep - now a study suggests it helps adults sleep better too.
Researchers from the University of Geneva built a special bed that rocked gently throughout the night. They tested it on 18 young adults and found they woke up fewer times and slept more deeply than on a normal bed. Scientists said the rocking motion resulted in a longer period of slow brainwaves which caused deep sleep, and improved their memory.
The volunteers spent three nights at a sleep laboratory in Geneva: one to get them used to sleeping there, one on a rocking bed and the other on the same bed, but in a still position. Electrodes recorded their brainwaves, and found that the period of deep sleep was extended by rocking.
Also at Science News.
Whole-Night Continuous Rocking Entrains Spontaneous Neural Oscillations with Benefits for Sleep and Memory (open, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.028) (DX)
Rocking Promotes Sleep in Mice through Rhythmic Stimulation of the Vestibular System (open, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.007) (DX)
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @08:56AM (3 children)
You cite his opposition to sunscreen, vaccines, and paying $600/yr for eyeglasses. If you'd done any research instead of appealing to the dubious authority of "muh science," you'd realize there's a strong case to be made in each department. Certain preservatives in vaccines, alongside novel combined vaccines that were never truly vetted, have indeed the potential to cause subtle harm. Many chemical sunscreens are potential carcinogens. And training your eyes regularly can indeed help you reduce or eliminate your glasses prescription.
That said, Mercola's products are generally overpriced and sub-par, but they remain a safe bet if you haven't done enough research about a particular supplement to choose a better alternative.
(Score: 3, Touché) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday January 27 2019, @10:51AM (1 child)
I've got far more haters than any of SN's conspiracy theorists, yet I always use my real name - not even a nick.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @05:01PM
I was came of age in the glory days of anonymous shitposting; for better or worse, I'm never gonna give it up.
Anonymity improves the quality of online discourse and keeps communities from becoming predictable circlejerks.
More importantly, during my brief foray on Reddit I noticed I'd unconsciously change my way of writing, and eventually my way of thinking, to maximize expected karma and avoid downboats. Chilling effects indeed.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday January 27 2019, @05:14PM
I normally wouldn't response to this nonsense from an AC, but since you've convinced at least a couple people to mod you up, I'll simply say the following: ******CITATION NEEDED!!!*******
I've done a lot of research on a lot of these topics over the years. I don't make hasty judgments without considering the facts. I DO however try to find reputable empirical studies. I don't care about what the "scientific establishment" or the "medical establishment" says -- I care about methodology and valid research.
The scientific method is not perfect, and arguably it can never be perfectly practiced by humans (who will always have their biases). Nevertheless, I will accept empirical evidence and studies with a clear and consistent methodology over anecdotal BS any day. Mercola's site mixes in some valid information with loads of crap -- I never claimed it was ALL crap -- but one thing that's clear is that he's out to make a buck and will promote any lunatic fringe idea if he thinks it will make money. His secondary priority in choosing what to promote also seems to find stuff that seem "conspiracy theory-like," e.g., "stuff the medical establishment doesn't want you to know."
The medical establishment has been wrong about many things. I don't care what they say, and I won't blindly accept their judgment anymore than Mercola's without evidence. But it must be GOOD evidence. And something like empirical science is the closest thing we have to testing claims in systematic and less biased manner.