The case for sleeping in separate beds
Sean Illing May 14, 2021 6:25 PM ET Sean Illing Do people sleep better when they sleep alone? Wendy Troxel We have a limited amount of research on this topic but it does show pretty clearly that people sleep worse while sharing a bed as compared to sleeping alone. But if you ask those people, “Do you prefer to share a bed with your partner or sleep alone?” most will say they prefer to share a bed. So there’s this discrepancy between what our objective measures show and the subjective experience of sleep quality. Sean Illing Even if most people aren’t aware of this research, they shoul...