Sleep

Sleep

Diana Gant, a psychologist who is one of the nation's leaders in the study of sleep, has been working in our psychology department for 17 years. She has studied sleep for even longer than that. She became interested in sleep by wanting to know how people kept productively going after a little amount of sleep. They ended up falling asleep when they got to the laboratory, though. They were in a nice quiet room and slept for about nine hours. According to her studies, people are supposed to get nine to 10 hours of sleep per night. Some people think that they can survive only on five hours or so, but it will catch up with them. The lack of sleep makes you unhappy or even gives you a drunken feeling, so it's not safe to drive. You know if you aren't getting enough sleep if you are dozing off after you eat a nice lunch. You also may get depressed after awhile. Some examples of the harm it can bestow upon you are the space shuttle Challenger, the accident at Russia's Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Lack of sleep is in all of the them and probably was the reason for all of the happenings. If you aren't getting a good night's sleep or if you're having troubles falling asleep, some things you can do are find a dark, quiet room. Then you need to shut off all the lights and relax for about an hour before you actually go to bed. Tobacco, coffee and alcohol don't help. Once they wear off your mind becomes more alert. Last, you need to get a nice, comfortable bed with clean linens and just lay down. You will have a wonderful night of sleep.