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Mar. 11, 2011
TV And Smartphones May Hamper A Good Night's Sleep
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| Nearly half of American adults say they rarely--or never--get a good night's sleep, according to a poll by the National Sleep Foundation. Sleep researchers Charles Czeisler and Scott Huettel discuss how sleep deprivation affects the brain, and why bedtime technology use may be partly to blame. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Charles Czeisler
Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts -
Scott Huettel
Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
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