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Screens before sleep: what actually changes overnight

An hour of scrolling does not steal an hour of sleep. It changes what the next morning feels like.

Woman at a desk under a wall clock, late evening

The common advice is to ban screens after nine. The more useful finding is narrower: it is not the light itself but the kind of attention a feed demands that keeps the brain in a working posture long after the phone is down.

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