Eight Sleep’s Post

Do you regularly sleep in a lab attached to a thousand wires? Me neither. So why do we think that traditional sleep studies will accurately reflect our real sleep dynamics? With new Core Measures of Sleep, Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) delivers a set of reliable metrics for measuring sleep in a natural environment. Honoured to be a part of this project! The Measures are: Total sleep time Sleep onset latency Wake after sleep onset Number of wake events Sleep efficiency Total napping time

Sleep efficiency quantifies how effectively an individual utilizes their time in bed for restorative sleep. This metric is computed by dividing the total duration spent asleep by the total time spent in bed while attempting to sleep, expressed as a percentage. The significance of sleep efficiency lies in its role in assessing sleep quality, optimizing sleep patterns, evaluating daytime functioning, and monitoring progress in sleep-related treatments. In a side project I undertook, the objective was to forecast susceptibility to different sleep stages: Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, Deep sleep, and Light sleep. Various machine learning models were run to determine the accuracy percentage for predicting each sleep stage. Additionally, Confusion Matrices were generated for each model's test run to assess their performance. Furthermore, Correlation Matrices were constructed for each sleep stage to aid in feature selection and identify potential issues of multicollinearity. https://lnkd.in/eeZrBd8M

🌒 Fascinating Insights: How the Total Solar Eclipse Affected Our Sleep 🌒 I recently came across a captivating blog post by Eight Sleep detailing the intriguing effects of the total solar eclipse on our sleep patterns. The intersection of celestial events and human biology is truly remarkable!According to Eight Sleep's research, the total solar eclipse had a significant impact on sleep duration and quality for many individuals. The study found that sleepers experienced a 30% increase in total sleep time during the eclipse, with a notable improvement in sleep efficiency. This phenomenon sparks exciting questions about how external events, such as eclipses, influence our circadian rhythms and overall sleep health. Understanding these dynamics could lead to innovative insights for sleep science and wellness.I highly recommend checking out the full blog post for more detailed findings: https://lnkd.in/gGPHNifS Kudos to Eight Sleep for exploring this captivating topic and shedding light on the relationship between cosmic events and our restorative sleep. Let's keep exploring the mysteries of sleep together! 💤 #SleepScience #TotalSolarEclipse #WellnessResearch #CircadianRhythms

Why is sleep so important? At #SfN23 we talked to Yang Dan to learn more about the how and why of sleep >>> https://hubs.ly/Q02lVyPD0

A little experiment we performed was to put out multiple social media posts about our new review paper summarising the mechanisms involved between technology use and sleep: https://lnkd.in/gQFTKKe3 That is, rather than a single post about a single paper, look at all the interesting DOT POINTS, and tell a story about each one. This was to ensure that the people who needed to be aware of this new paper didn't miss it amongst the myriad of excellent studies that get published each month. What we did not plan for was the MEDIA picking this up. And after talking to multiple journalists, it was clear that many of them saw our LinkedIn posts. We're talking the likes of The Wall Street Journal The Times Herald Sun BBC Fox News Media NPR And today, Fast Company With a total multi-million readership across these outlets, it's helped to translate our findings to the community. And like any good scientists, the idea is to repeat the experiment. But the experiment doesn't have to be repeated by us. We encourage all scientists who publish a study that has multiple key findings to try this out. So, thank you to my colleagues and friends for the production of an already impactful peer-reviewed publication: Serena Bauducco Michal Kahn Chelsea Reynolds Meg Pillion Kate Bartel And as always - to the great folks at Sleep Cycle for supporting our research and connecting us to the mainstream media. #sleep #technology #research #light #health #education #science #psychology #medicine #journalism #insomnia #circadian #chronotype #news #media #mentalhealth #wellbeing #wakeup

Need to reduce no-shows at your sleep center? EnsoSleep might be the answer. Less time on scoring; more time for everything else. See how Sleep Management Services leveraged EnsoSleep to ramp up their volume in this case study: https://hubs.ly/Q01wsz-s0

Sleep- things you didn't know. Sleep is anything but a uniform state of low neural activity; lots is going on. We complete 4 to 5, 90-100 minute sine wave like activities wherein our brains go from the speed/frequency you are in this moment, Beta 12-20 Hertz - adult, alert consciousness, hopefully all the way down to almost-off, Delta 1-4 Hertz. In between, we spend scant little time in Alpha 8-12 Hertz - lowest level of relaxed consciousness but, progressively more time in Theta - light sleep 4-7 Hertz. So what? The speed of the brain determines the allowable functions. And, the faster the speed, the more dispersed the activity, the slower the speed the more uniform the activity. We do our most vivid dreaming in Beta, during in a phase called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. We dream throughout the night but, story consistency is highest and fragmentation lowest in REM. If you are awakened in any stage of sleep, you may well recall a dream. However, the great stories are born in REM, which lengthens in each successive cycle of sleep. Meaning, your dreams get more involved and sophisticated the longer you are asleep because each REM period lengthens.

New www.fullpower-AI.com very large-scale sleep study presented at World Sleep Congress in Brazil: The first large-scale quantification of declines in deep and REM sleep with age. Practically, this is one of the reasons why maintaining enough deep sleep can be vital for overall health. With our Sleeptracker-AI platform, which leverages deep learning and generative AI, www.sleeptracker-ai.com, and in collaboration with Stanford Sleep Medicine, we studied 24,850,420 nights of sleep and presented our findings at the World Sleep Congress in Brazil. While it's recommended that adults sleep at least seven hours per night, this large-scale study provides new insights into how sleep duration and architecture vary with age. Most people undergo 75-80% of their sleep in NREM (non-REM sleep) and the rest in REM. The study shows that the middle-aged population tends to sleep less, and as people age, there's a significant decrease in deep sleep consistent across ages. In REM sleep, steep declines begin in late middle age. Notably, those with sleep apnea experience an even more significant decrease in deep sleep regardless of age, emphasizing the impact of sleep apnea on overall health and the need for remediation.  What This All Means for Improved Health: Understanding sleep patterns and architecture is crucial for overall health. These findings emphasize the importance of adequate sleep quality, especially as one ages. The decline in deep sleep, particularly for those with sleep apnea, indicates the need for proper diagnosis and treatment. By addressing these sleep disturbances, individuals can work towards achieving better health and reducing risks associated with sleep deficiencies. #sleep #apnea #sleeptracker #ai #copd #fullpower #fullpower-ai #sleeptracker #sleeptracker-ai #osa