Snoozing past an alarm seemed to have no noticeable effects on sleep quality, and it might even help some people wake up more alert.
Hitting the snooze button on your wake-up alarm might just be fine, new research out this week suggests. In a pair of studies, scientists found evidence that a majority of people regularly hit snooze and that the habit doesn’t seem to noticeably harm our sleep. It could even help make some people more alert in the morning. The research was conducted by scientists from Sweden and Australia, led by Tina Sundelin, a psychologist and sleep researcher at Stockholm University.
Following the first night of regular sleep, each participant slept one night being allowed to snooze and the other not being able to snooze. The following day, the volunteers took simple cognitive tests in the morning and afternoon. The researchers found no significant difference in people’s stress hormone levels, morning sleepiness, mood, and overall sleep structure whether they snoozed or not.
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