FeaturedNeuroscience·September 16, 2019·4 min readTeen girl ‘night owls’ may be more likely to gain weightTeenage girls who experience inadequate sleep have an increased risk of obesity than their peers who prefer to sleep early. Interventions aimed at improving sleep schedules could be useful preventative tools for curbing obesity in teenagers.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 16, 2018·4 min readUsing Twitter to Monitor Social Jet LagResearchers have managed to find a way to measure social 'jet lag', a mismatch between circadian rhythm and the realities of daily schedules, by analyzing patterns of activity on Twitter.Read More
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