Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near bedtime to wind down. But can that actually cause your sleep to suffer? A new study suggests that it actually might be disruptive to your sleep!
Researchers say people continue to process music, even when no songs are playing. This can lead to earworms, or tunes that get stuck in your head, which can crop up during sleep. People who experience earworms regularly at night are six times more likely to report poorer quality sleep.
Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near bedtime to wind down. But can that actually cause your sleep to suffer? When sleep researcher Michael Scullin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University, realized he was waking in the middle of the night with a song stuck in his head, he saw an opportunity to study how music and particularly stuck songs might affect sleep patterns.
People who listen to more music before bed have persistent 'earworms' - catchy songs that loop in the mind - as well as poorer sleep, researchers at Baylor University, Texas found.
People who listen to more music before bed have persistent earworms - catchy songs that loop in the mind - as well as poorer sleep, researchers at Baylor University, Texas found.