Do You Have Trouble Sleeping?
Sleep researcher Chris Barnes explains how chronic sleep deprivation impairs cognitive decision-making, fuels unethical conduct, and contributes to industrial disasters. Later in the episode, psychologist Rachel Zoffness returns to explore the biopsychosocial nature of pain, demonstrating how mental framing and pacing protocols help regulate chronic symptoms.
- Catastrophes like Chernobyl and Three Mile Island both started between 1:30 AM and 4:00 AM, the exact window when human circadian biology forces alertness to its daily bottom. Read →
- Adults need seven to nine hours of nightly sleep, while true genetic short-sleepers who thrive on four hours are vanishingly rare. Read →
- Pain is regulated by a central nervous system volume knob: Zoffness explains that the brain and spinal cord operate like a car stereo dial, where emotional distress amplifies physical signals and active distraction lowers them. Read →