Jenny Nguyen

Combatting Bedtime Procrastination Through the Understanding of Time Preferences

ABSTRACT

Keywords: bedtime procrastination, time preferences, health, cross-cultural differences, MINDSPACE


PSYCHOLOGICAL & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS BEDTIME PROCRASTINATION?

INTERVENTIONS TO LIMIT BEDTIME PROCRASTINATION

CONCLUSION

INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMENTARY

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Did our ancestors get enough sleep?
Archie Mackintosh
Jesus College, University of Cambridge

Sleep deficiency is a public health epidemic that affects vast numbers of people, with serious consequences to health and productivity. Whilst often proposed to be an issue of obtaining insufficient sleep durations, people from non-industrialised societies have been found to obtain similar amounts of sleep compared to those from industrialised societies without displaying the same signs of sleep deficiency. This commentary draws on ethnographic research to argue that sleep deficiency in industrialised populations actually stems from poor sleep quality, then examines potential causes of poor sleep quality, and evaluates whether people from across both industrialised and non-industrialised societies can benefit from longer sleep durations.


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