Social and Cultural ImplicationsNobel Conference 60 | Resources
A book by Nobel Conference speaker Benjamin Reiss. "Tracing sleep's transformation since the dawn of the industrial age, Reiss weaves together insights from literature, social and medical history, and cutting-edge science to show how and why we have tried and failed to tame sleep."
This New York Times article explores if sleep trackers help a person get better sleep.
This article from Science explains the how poor sleep disproportionately undermines the health of communities of color and some proposal on ways to help. Nobel Conference speaker Marishka Brown is quoted.
This book by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer analyzes the influence of medicine and capitalism on Americans鈥 sleeping habits using ethnographic research.
This article from University of California Irvine Public Health describes the racial disparities in the United States and how that affects their sleep and health.
This article from the National Library of Medicine outlines three different health consequences to children using technology before bed: sleep quantity and quality, inattention, and body mass index.
An interactive timeline by Harvard Medical School that shows the path of understanding sleep as humans.
This article from Oxford University press dives into how someone鈥檚 socioeconomic and sociocultural standing can affect sleep diseases and how they sleep.
This article from Baylor College of Medicine outlines the negative impacts that being stressed can have on your sleep. It also discusses some solutions to have better sleep if you are stressed.
This article from University of California San Francisco discusses what happens to your body during daylight savings time and talks about the 鈥淪leepy Monday鈥 phenomenon.