Just like babies enjoy being rocked to sleep, apparently adults do too. There is a new study that suggests that rocking puts adults to sleep faster and makes their slumber deeper. These adults were also found to have much sharper memories the next morning. This tips at first seem to solely just sleep aids, however, they also may be telling of how the brain refreshes itself every night. To test this, researchers built a custom made rocking bed and analyzed the quality of participants naps. The researchers measure the people’s brain activity by EEG which can spot electrical signs of certain sleep stages. They believe rocking while asleep might be helpful to people with insomnia compared to sleeping pills.
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