Newyorker: Research studies consistently find … that adults “sleep better when given their own bed.”
Is that an accurate assessment? Do adult sleep better when they sleep alone rather than with their significant other?
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Sign up to join this communityNewyorker: Research studies consistently find … that adults “sleep better when given their own bed.”
Is that an accurate assessment? Do adult sleep better when they sleep alone rather than with their significant other?
A limited study (Dittami 2007) concluded the following:
The study was limited because:
DITTAMI, J., KECKEIS, M., MACHATSCHKE, I., KATINA, S., ZEITLHOFER, J. and KLOESCH, G. (2007), Sex differences in the reactions to sleeping in pairs versus sleeping alone in humans. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 5: 271–276. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2007.00320.x