Noctohabitology (SLEEP PROCRASTINATION) with Dr. Vanessa “Nessy” Hill

Late night scrolling. Couchlock. Habitual insomnia. You want to sleep —  so why won’t you turn off the light, dumplin’? We’ve got someone for that: sleep scientist, globally known PBS correspondent, host of the series Braincraft, and Noctohabitologist, Dr. Vanessa “Nessy” Hill. So let’s chat about what amount of sleep is “normal,” if farmers had two sleeps, electricity, blue blockers, “me time,” proof that Dolly Parton is an alien from an angel planet, the populations most prone to sleep procrastination, which of 93 scientifically-proven habit-changers are the easiest to implement, and how this expert and I have both personally battled the agony between wanting to rest but avoiding it.  Come. Gather. Get mad. Be healed.

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Links to things we discussed:

Twinkly panelsused as a fireplace: example

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI)

“Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitative data)”

The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions

The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feelings, and Fun

Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles

Sci-Hub access to that paper: Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles

Optimizing the Potential Utility of Blue-Blocking Glasses for Sleep and Circadian Health

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