r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 09 '24

Neuroscience Your Brain Changes Based on What You Did Two Weeks Ago | A workout or restless night from two weeks ago could still be affecting you—positively or negatively—today.

https://www.newsweek.com/brain-changes-neuroscience-exercise-sleep-health-two-weeks-1965107
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u/mozgw4 Oct 09 '24

Another thing I read was just telling yourself the next day that you did have a good sleep, rather than keep remembering the poor sleep. Convince yourself. It does actually help.

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u/NoamLigotti Oct 09 '24

Yes, I heard about research supposedly suggesting this.

Maybe not just "telling yourself," but believing you got enough sleep — something like that.

I think it was people who got less than six (?) hours sleep but believed they got (either more than six hours or an adequate amount of sleep) felt more well-rested the next day than those who got six hours sleep but didn't believe this.