Why temperature plays a powerful role in sleep, and how cooling solutions can help
Why temperature plays a powerful role in sleep, and how cooling solutions can help
- June 16, 2026
- Sara Mednick, cognitive sciences, explains for AOL (Stacker)
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Overheating during sleep is one of the most common disruptions people face at night, and for many sleepers, it is a problem with a practical fix. Sara Mednick, a sleep neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, told NPR that "we all know what it means to have a bad night of sleep," and the fix does not have to be complicated or expensive.
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