How Cool Weather & Longer Nights Affect Sleep

 

Have you ever woken up just minutes before your alarm goes off and marveled at your body’s sense of time? It’s because we have an internal clock that mirrors nature’s cycles of day and night and sunlight which is detected by cells in the retina of the eye sends messages to the brain that keep us in a roughly 24-hour pattern.These light cues trigger all kinds of chemical events in the body, causing changes in our physiology and behavior.Read More