Science says your Kindle might be better for sleep than a paperback
Funny thing is I've always “known” this. For many years I've been reading my Kindle every night before I go to sleep. OK that is anecdotal (which is not any evidence) but a Kindle has no bright backlight like an iPad or similar tablets have. It is not heavy either like many 600-page books are, and you do not have to turn physical pages, and the font can be made bigger too. You can also read it without disturbing a sleeping partner.
Katherine Sharkey, doctor and sleep researcher at Wake Forest School of Medicine, has stated “the actions required for using an e-reader are less than that of a traditional book, and that lighter load on the brain makes it easier to wind down for sleep”.
I get that some like the feel of paper, but that has nothing to do with going to sleep. The act of reading does help induce sleep, no matter what the media is.
Thinking back over the years I still have 4 large bookcases, stacked double deep, with books I used to read before I got my first Kindle. If I'd not got a Kindle, I have no idea how many more bookcases I'd need to have by now.
The only downside of a Kindle is, if you “buy” your books from Amazon (and especially them), you don't really own the e-book. It can disappear if Amazon so chooses. But I do back up all my e-books, and when possible, I source them elsewhere.
See https://www.androidpolice.com/e-readers-better-for-sleep-than-traditional-books-researcher-claims
#technology #reading #sleep
Funny thing is I've always “known” this. For many years I've been reading my Kindle every night before I go to sleep. OK that is anecdotal (which is not any evidence) but a Kindle has no bright backlight like an iPad or similar tablets have. It is not heavy either like many 600-page books are, and you do not have to turn physical pages, and the font can be made bigger too. You can also read it without disturbing a sleeping partner.
Katherine Sharkey, doctor and sleep researcher at Wake Forest School of Medicine, has stated “the actions required for using an e-reader are less than that of a traditional book, and that lighter load on the brain makes it easier to wind down for sleep”.
I get that some like the feel of paper, but that has nothing to do with going to sleep. The act of reading does help induce sleep, no matter what the media is.
Thinking back over the years I still have 4 large bookcases, stacked double deep, with books I used to read before I got my first Kindle. If I'd not got a Kindle, I have no idea how many more bookcases I'd need to have by now.
The only downside of a Kindle is, if you “buy” your books from Amazon (and especially them), you don't really own the e-book. It can disappear if Amazon so chooses. But I do back up all my e-books, and when possible, I source them elsewhere.
See https://www.androidpolice.com/e-readers-better-for-sleep-than-traditional-books-researcher-claims
#technology #reading #sleep