Changing the sound of your alarm could be the fix.
A new study finds that lots of people deal with “sleep inertia” - or feeling groggy and not alert because they’re not ready to wake up yet - and simply swapping the sound you wake up to may help change that.
Researchers with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia suggest trading the buzzing or ringing of an alarm clock for something more melodic. They found waking up to your favorite song or anything with a catchy tune is more likely to help you feel well rested and alert when it starts playing. Study participants tested it out by doing a game-like activity immediately after waking up to measure alertness and they had faster and more accurate responses after melodic alarm sounds than with classic alarm sounds.
Changing the sound of your alarm could be the fix.
A new study finds that lots of people deal with “sleep inertia” - or feeling groggy and not alert because they’re not ready to wake up yet - and simply swapping the sound you wake up to may help change that.
Researchers with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia suggest trading the buzzing or ringing of an alarm clock for something more melodic. They found waking up to your favorite song or anything with a catchy tune is more likely to help you feel well rested and alert when it starts playing. Study participants tested it out by doing a game-like activity immediately after waking up to measure alertness and they had faster and more accurate responses after melodic alarm sounds than with classic alarm sounds.
#SLEEP: Want to break your snooze button habit? Changing the sound of your alarm could be the fix. A new study finds that lots of people deal with “sleep inertia” - or feeling groggy and not alert because they’re not ready to wake up! Swapping the sound you wake up to may help change that.
By @YMSRadio
Apr 19, 2021
Feeling groggy in the morning and don t know how to fix it? Just listen to your favorite song!
A new study from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia found that while a TON of people deal with sleep inertia, or feeling groggy in the morning, listening to your favorite song can turn it all around.
Whether it s turning on the iHeartRadio app immediately when you wake up, or making the chorus of your favorite song your alarm, you feel more rested and alert as soon as it starts playing.
The other side of the study also found that listening to low-pitched sounds or human voices can also make us feel less groggy so maybe get your partner to record a wake-up alarm for you!?
Changing the sound of your alarm could be the fix.
A new study finds that lots of people deal with “sleep inertia” - or feeling groggy and not alert because they’re not ready to wake up yet - and simply swapping the sound you wake up to may help change that.
Researchers with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia suggest trading the buzzing or ringing of an alarm clock for something more melodic. They found waking up to your favorite song or anything with a catchy tune is more likely to help you feel well rested and alert when it starts playing. Study participants tested it out by doing a game-like activity immediately after waking up to measure alertness and they had faster and more accurate responses after melodic alarm sounds than with classic alarm sounds.