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Hitting the snooze button boosts wakefulness, brain function: study

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October 19, 2023

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Getting a few more minutes of shut-eye after snoozing your alarm could actually help avid snoozers wake up, new research suggests. NY Post reporter Brooke Kato shares this story.

The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Sleep Research, found that people who snoozed regularly got additional sleep and were more cognitively alert upon waking, despite the disturbed sleep.

The Stockholm University researchers surveyed 1,732 participants about their morning habits, specifically inquiring about the pesky snooze button and how often they give in to the few extra minutes of z’s.

1,195 people admitted they hit snooze or set multiple morning alarms at least “sometimes,” and a quarter of people blamed “feeling too tired to wake up” for pressing “snooze.”

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