Decoding the phenomenon of not being able to sleep in a strange bed

A new study shows that the brain still works for monitoring purposes when sleeping in a new space.

Foxnews reported that scientists conducted three experiments on 35 young volunteers. They measured brain activity during two consecutive nights of sleep in the new space. They found that the left side of the brain was more active than the right side, especially during the deep sleep stage, known as wakefulness.

"When you first fall asleep in a new place, part of one side of your brain seems to be active for monitoring purposes. So you can wake up more quickly if necessary," said study author Yuka Sasaki of Brown University.However, researchers also say that sleep will catch up if you sleep in that position for a few more days.

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To understand how a new location affects sleep, Sasaki and his colleagues conducted a series of laboratory tests. On the first night, they stimulated the left hemisphere of the brain with a beep in the right ear of people sleeping deeply in the new space. These people responded, waking up and getting up quickly.

The second night, they did the same experiment, but their reflexes were not as fast as the first night. This suggests that sleep gradually gets used to the new space. The researchers also said that this happened similarly in mSome birds. Some species have been found to sleep with one eye open and one side of the brain awake when they are in a dangerous environment, and some other animals have the same ability.

The limitation of this study is that it was only conducted in healthy volunteers, not people with insomnia or sleep disorders. The researchers said more research is needed in the hope of finding out the risks ofsleep disorders, insomnia to have treatment direction.

According to VNE