Research conducted by Harvard University sleep researchers outlined the impact of light-emitting electronic devices on our sleep. Just a quick check of our phone is enough to stimulate the brain and send alert signals rather than sleepy signals. Of course, it’s natural to want to read something before bed, but there is a big difference between words on a page in a book, and the words on a screen. and the truth of his advice remains even more valid today.īeing on your phone before bed can negatively impact sleep by engaging the mind at a time when it should be winding down. In a pre-computer/mobile phone age, leading sleep expert Richard Bootzin, of the University of Arizona, famously said, in 1972, that people should avoid any activity in bed apart from “sleep and sex”. So how can we best juggle the advantages of the technology at our fingertips with the need to put our minds into sleep mode at night? It’s fair to assume that it’s not only Americans who are caught between their phones and good sleep hygiene.
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