Screens, Sleep & A Decade of Mental Health

New research has revealed a sharp link between using screens in bed and disrupted sleep, while a separate study suggests that switching off mobile internet on smartphones may significantly boost focus and mental health, delivering cognitive benefits equivalent to turning back the clock by a decade!

Bed, Phone, No Sleep Concludes Norwegian Study

Using your phone in bed might feel harmless, even relaxing, but according to a major Norwegian study, it may be stealing your sleep and leaving you more tired than you realise. Conducted by researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the study analysed survey responses from over 45,000 university students aged 18 to 28 as part of the nationally representative SHOT2022 health and wellbeing survey.