Circadian disturbances, sleep difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic

MA Salehinejad, A Azarkolah, E Ghanavati, MA Nitsche - Sleep medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed extraordinary and unpredictable changes on our
lifestyle for an unknown duration. Consequently, core aspects of wellbeing including …

Adolescent sleep health and school start times: setting the research agenda for California and beyond. A research summit summary

TD Ziporyn, JA Owens, KL Wahlstrom, AR Wolfson… - Sleep Health, 2022 - Elsevier
In fall 2019, California passed and signed into law SB328, the first US statewide legislation
explicitly designed to protect adolescent sleep health by requiring most California public …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of lockdown on human sleep and chronotype during the COVID-19 pandemic

MJ Leone, M Sigman, DA Golombek - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic [1] resulted in many countries imposing a lockdown,
which in turn reduces sunlight exposure and alters daily social schedules. Since these are …

Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype

MA Salehinejad, M Wischnewski, E Ghanavati… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Circadian rhythms have natural relative variations among humans known as chronotype.
Chronotype or being a morning or evening person, has a specific physiological …

Early morning university classes are associated with impaired sleep and academic performance

SC Yeo, CKY Lai, J Tan, S Lim… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Attending classes and sleeping well are important for students' academic success. Here, we
tested whether early morning classes are associated with lower attendance, shorter sleep …

Effects and mechanisms of action of light-emitting diodes on the human retina and internal clock

Y Touitou, S Point - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
White light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will likely become the most used lighting devices
worldwide in the future because of their very low prices over the course of their long …

Chronotype delay and sleep disturbances shaped by the Antarctic polar night

C Tortello, A Folgueira, JM Lopez, F Didier Garnham… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Chronotype is a reliable biomarker for studying the influence of external zeitgebers on
circadian entrainment. Assessment of chronotype variation in participants exposed to …

Sleep and academic performance among students in Hong Kong: curvilinear relationship suggesting an optimal amount of sleep

NY Chan, WJ Wu, JWY Chan, KCC Chan, AM Li… - Sleep Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to elucidate the association between sleep and academic
performance using standardized academic assessment in a large and representative …

Young people need experiences that boost their mental health

AJ Fuligni, A Galván - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Young people need experiences that boost their mental health Skip to main content Thank you
for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain …

Effects of school start time and its interaction with the solar clock on adolescents' chronotype and sleep: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

GR Ferrante, F Lee, MJ Leone - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Adolescents' late chronotypes colliding with early school start times (SSTs) are associated
with students' unhealthy sleep habits. Most studies comparing different SSTs associate later …