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| Apple's Night Shift feature cannot help you sleep |
The latest research shows that Apple's night shift feature can help you sleep better, but it doesn't seem to meet the needs.
Since exposure to blue light affects the regulation of the sleep cycle, people hope that night shifts will be able to filter the blue light from the screen after the sun goes down, making it easier to sleep.
Sleeping is more complicated, according to a new study, and this feature may not be of much use to you on sleepless nights.
The study tracked the sleep of 167 young people for a week and divided the subjects into three groups:
- A group of people turned on the night job one night before going to bed and used their cell phones.
- A group of people used their cell phones an hour before bed without using the night function.
- A group of people who did not use their cell phones before going to bed.
The principal investigator of the study said: There is no difference between the three groups and the results of the group that use the nocturnal function are no better than those of the group that does not use this function or the n group that does not use this function. Use the phone.
Night Shift's results are consistent with early speculations about the benefit of insomnia, especially since Apple failed to specify which wavelengths of light should be blocked.
While blue light and phone use can cause insomnia, there are many other factors that need to be taken into consideration when making sleep complicated.
The researchers were a little surprised: Even people who didn't use their cell phones before bed might not sleep better, on average.
The study lead author said, “Our hypothesis is that we can sleep better without a phone in the entire sample, so we didn't find this surprising.”
One reason for this finding is that most of the participants were college students and the researchers said they weren't getting enough sleep.
When people are very sleepy, it does not matter whether you use your cell phone before bed, because at this stage your need for sleep is so high that you can fall asleep easily regardless of what you do before bed.
The number of sleep participants was one of the few telephone differences found in the study.
In the study, among people who slept seven hours longer than the average time before bed, those who did not use the phone slept better than those who used the phone and did not wake up much at night.
However, people who slept less than average had no difference in sleep quality whether or not they used a cell phone before bed.
After using a cell phone, there are many factors that will affect your sleep such as: b- caffeine, exercise, room temperature, light, noise, sleep schedule and bedtime consistency.
In the case of phones, there are other factors to consider in addition to blue light exposure, as all other forms of stimulation not associated with light are also important.
If you read a depressing article or laugh at a bedtime video, this vigilance and commitment can keep you from falling asleep, and Apple's night shift cannot compensate for this effect.