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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 tes...

#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.

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 tes...

Share 'With the right type of alarm, children demonstrated better response time and memory of events, which is likely to be important in following instructions or action plans in an emergency such as a fire.'   While the reason for this remains unclear, the researchers suggest there may be frequency bandwidths in songs that activate certain areas of the brain.   'For example, it has been shown that music does activate certain areas of the brain that control attention, although the exact mechanisms of this effect are still being investigated,' Mr McFarlane explained.  Aside from making it...