Do you press the snooze on your alarm? If so, you could be getting better sleep than those who don't
Getting a few more minutes of sleep after snoozing your alarm could actually help avid snoozers wake up, new research suggests
The study, published in the Journal of Sleep Research, found that people who snoozed regularly got additional sleep and were more alert upon waking, despite the disturbed sleep.
The Stockholm University researchers surveyed 1,732 participants
-1,195 people admitted they hit snooze or set multiple morning alarms at least “sometimes,” and a quarter of people blamed “feeling too tired to wake up” for pressing “snooze.”
On average, snoozers — who were generally younger than non-snoozers by about 6 years and more likely to be night owls — reported more morning drowsiness, when waking immediately.
Despite their sleep being disturbed by the alarm, snoozers, who still scored more than 20 minutes of sleep, weren’t forced to wake from a deep sleep and performed better on cognitive tests after waking up.
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