yh but theres data to prove it ruins ur sleep quality so u wake up feeling more tired as u get less REM sleep
actually did a quick google and found the opposite from a new study
A pair of recent studies have upended the common belief that watching screens before going to sleep disturbs the quality or duration of your slumber. The research indicates some people may actually get more rest by watching something before going to sleep, depending on how they use certain digital…
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A new study published in the
Journal of Sleep Research has attempted to tease out some of the different ways we use media around bedtime and how it influences our sleep quality. The research recruited 58 adults and tasked them with self-reporting their media use the hour before going to sleep every night. Alongside what kind of media they were consuming (television, podcast, book, etc.), they recorded where they were using the media (in bed or the lounge room) and whether they were multitasking their usage (for example, scrolling through their phone while watching television).
The researchers also trained the cohort to use an electroencephalography (EEG) machine at home. This allowed for more detailed insights into sleep quality unlike many prior studies that relied on self-reported measures of sleep.
Co-author on the study, Lindsay Hahn from the University at Buffalo, says the main focus of this particular study was to investigate how different types of traditional media influence sleep. So instead of looking at active engagement with devices, this research was interested in whether passively watching or listening to something directly before slumber disrupted sleep quality.
“We intentionally looked only at what you might call ‘entertainment media,’” Hahn said. “Despite social media getting a lot of attention both in research circles and in popular culture, American time-use surveys show that people still spend a lot of time with television, music and books.”
The results were surprising. The researchers found sleep quality (as measured by EEG readings tracking total time in REM and deep sleep) was unaffected by media use in the hour before bed. But even more unexpected, the researchers found total sleep time was actually improved with media use prior to slumber. Of course, the devil is in the details, and Hahn pointed out sleep can be improved or harmed depending on the type of media use.