Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Bed sharing 'drains men's brains'
BBC ^ | Jan 20, 2010 | BBC

Posted on 01/23/2010 6:03:48 PM PST by driftdiver

Sharing a bed with someone could temporarily reduce your brain power - at least if you are a man - Austrian scientists suggest.

When men spend the night with a bed mate their sleep is disturbed, whether they make love or not, and this impairs their mental ability the next day.

The lack of sleep also increases a man's stress hormone levels.

According to the New Scientist study, women who share a bed fare better because they sleep more deeply.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: men; science; sleep
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-58 next last
I bet this professors wife is a real nasty person.
1 posted on 01/23/2010 6:03:49 PM PST by driftdiver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

Oh, is that what it is?


2 posted on 01/23/2010 6:04:43 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

Should have known it was our fault.


3 posted on 01/23/2010 6:06:21 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Do not wish doom on your enemy. Plan it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

Maybe 0bama should read this article.


4 posted on 01/23/2010 6:06:35 PM PST by thulldud (It HAS happened here!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JustaDumbBlonde

lol - always


5 posted on 01/23/2010 6:06:52 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: TribalPrincess2U

for the record I can’t sleep without my wife at my side.


6 posted on 01/23/2010 6:07:25 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver
Although the men reported they had slept better with a partner, they fared worse in the tests, with their results suggesting they actually had more disturbed sleep.

It's not you, Baby. It's me. Really. And no, that dress does not make you look fat.

7 posted on 01/23/2010 6:09:20 PM PST by Pan_Yan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver
for the record I can’t sleep without my wife at my side.

For the record, I can't sleep without my wife at my side for the first seven minutes.

Sometimes ten!

8 posted on 01/23/2010 6:11:10 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver
Hmmm....I was wondering why the black and yellow Lab's were looking at me like I was a dumba$$.

Now I know!

9 posted on 01/23/2010 6:11:23 PM PST by MountainDad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ryan71; boxerblues; Hammy; Petruchio; Phinanceguy; DollyCali; Yorlik803; ...

Well, hell.
10 posted on 01/23/2010 6:13:05 PM PST by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

I can’t sleep worth a damn without my wife snuggled next to me.


11 posted on 01/23/2010 6:13:21 PM PST by VR-21 (Bring me my broadsword, and clear understanding. Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

Then why do married men live longer than single men?


12 posted on 01/23/2010 6:13:43 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (I miss having a First LADY.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: A_perfect_lady
They don't, it just seems that way.

/johnny

13 posted on 01/23/2010 6:16:00 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: A_perfect_lady

It just seems longer.

A LOT longer.


14 posted on 01/23/2010 6:16:53 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 367 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: A_perfect_lady

“Then why do married men live longer than single men?”

It just seems longer. :)


15 posted on 01/23/2010 6:17:34 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: A_perfect_lady
Then why do married men live longer than single men?

Funny thing about purgatory....

16 posted on 01/23/2010 6:19:51 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver
Bill ‘Bubba’ Clinton can attest to that ... being married to Hildabeast in itself would be enough ... he went to the next level ... many times.
17 posted on 01/23/2010 6:20:39 PM PST by BluH2o
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

I would prefer separate bedrooms. Sleep is sleep, and it is sacred to me, and it has nothing to do with marital relations. I don’t think they make a bed big enough for two people.


18 posted on 01/23/2010 6:20:55 PM PST by murphE ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: null and void
A LOT longer.

Especially when sober.

19 posted on 01/23/2010 6:21:08 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: murphE
a/s/l?

/s

20 posted on 01/23/2010 6:22:34 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-58 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson