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175+ sources across neuroscience, clinical psychology, behavioral science, and longevity — the human-potential science behind every article, every protocol, and every product we build. This is the evidence that you can change what runs you. Updated as the work grows.
[ Human System ] — Neuroscience & Behavioral Research
Neuroscience & Brain Function
Baumeister, R. F., Bratslavsky, E., Finkenauer, C., & Vohs, K. D. (2001). Bad is stronger than good. Review of General Psychology, 5(4), 323-370. doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.5.4.323
Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes' error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. Putnam.
Damasio, A. R. (1999). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Harcourt Brace.
Davidson, R. J., & Begley, S. (2012). The emotional life of your brain. Hudson Street Press.
Doidge, N. (2007). The brain that changes itself. Viking Press.
Hebb, D. O. (1949). The organization of behavior: A neuropsychological theory. Wiley & Sons.
Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Kandel, E. R. (2006). In search of memory. W. W. Norton.
LeDoux, J. E. (1996). The emotional brain. Simon & Schuster.
Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory. W. W. Norton. doi
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Press.
Neuroplasticity & Brain Change
Draganski, B., et al. (2004). Neuroplasticity: Changes in grey matter induced by training. Nature, 427(6972), 311-312. doi.org/10.1038/427311a
Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1998). Brain plasticity and behavior. Annual Review of Psychology, 49(1), 43-64. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.43
Pascual-Leone, A., et al. (2005). The plastic human brain cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 377-401. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216
Doidge, N. (2015). The brain's way of healing. Viking.
Mirror Neurons & Social Learning
Gallese, V., Fadiga, L., Fogassi, L., & Rizzolatti, G. (1996). Action recognition in the premotor cortex. Brain, 119(2), 593-609. doi.org/10.1093/brain/119.2.593
Rizzolatti, G., & Craighero, L. (2004). The mirror-neuron system. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 27, 169-192. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144230
Iacoboni, M. (2008). Mirroring people. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Habit Formation & Behavior Change
Lally, P., et al. (2010). How are habits formed. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40(6), 998-1009. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.674
Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the greatest human strength. Penguin Press.
Clear, J. (2018). Atomic habits. Avery.
Wood, W., & Rünger, D. (2016). Psychology of habit. Annual Review of Psychology, 67, 289-314. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033417
Graybiel, A. M. (2008). Habits, rituals, and the evaluative brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 31, 359-387. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.112851
Wegner, D. M., Schneider, D. J., Carter, S. R., & White, T. L. (1987). Paradoxical effects of thought suppression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(1), 5-13. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.53.1.5
Schwabe, L., & Wolf, O. T. (2009). Stress prompts habit behavior in humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(22), 7191-7198. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0979-09.2009
Patrick, V. M., & Hagtvedt, H. (2012). "I don't" versus "I can't": When empowered refusal motivates goal-directed behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 39(2), 371-381. doi.org/10.1086/663212
Sirois, F., & Pychyl, T. (2013). Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2), 115-127. doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12011
Steel, P. (2007). The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 65-94. doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65
Wohl, M. J. A., Pychyl, T. A., & Bennett, S. H. (2010). I forgive myself, now I can study: How self-forgiveness for procrastinating can reduce future procrastination. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(7), 803-808. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.029
Hofmann, W., Baumeister, R. F., Förster, G., & Vohs, K. D. (2012). Everyday temptations: An experience sampling study of desire, conflict, and self-control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(6), 1318-1335. doi.org/10.1037/a0026545
Milyavskaya, M., & Inzlicht, M. (2017). What's so great about self-control? Examining the importance of effortful self-control and temptation in predicting real-life depletion and goal attainment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(6), 603-611. doi.org/10.1177/1948550616679237
Hagger, M. S., et al. (2016). A multilab preregistered replication of the ego-depletion effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(4), 546-573. doi.org/10.1177/1745691616652873
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119. doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2601(06)38002-1
Maltz, M. (1960). Psycho-cybernetics. Prentice-Hall. (Origin of the misquoted "21 days" figure.)
Psychology, Identity & Purpose
Frankl, V. E. (1959). Man's search for meaning. Beacon Press.
Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.
Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and personality. Harper & Row.
Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish. Free Press.
Steger, M. F., et al. (2006). The meaning in life questionnaire. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53(1), 80-93. doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.53.1.80
Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The power of passion and perseverance. Scribner.
Boyle, P. A., Barnes, L. L., Buchman, A. S., & Bennett, D. A. (2009). Purpose in life is associated with mortality among community-dwelling older persons. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(5), 574-579. doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a5a7c0
Boyle, P. A., et al. (2012). Effect of purpose in life on the relation between Alzheimer disease pathologic changes on cognitive function in advanced age. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69(5), 499-505. doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1487
Damon, W. (2008). The path to purpose: How young people find their calling in life. Free Press.
O'Keefe, P. A., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M. (2018). Implicit theories of interest: Finding your passion or developing it? Psychological Science, 29(10), 1653-1664. doi.org/10.1177/0956797618780643
Hidi, S., & Renninger, K. A. (2006). The four-phase model of interest development. Educational Psychologist, 41(2), 111-127. doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep4102_4
Swann, W. B. (1983). Self-verification: Bringing social reality into harmony with the self. In Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 2, pp. 33-66). Erlbaum.
Berglas, S., & Jones, E. E. (1978). Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(4), 405-417. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.36.4.405
Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191-215. doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.84.2.191
Wood, J. V., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Lee, J. W. (2009). Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others. Psychological Science, 20(7), 860-866. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02370.x
Curran, T., & Hill, A. P. (2019). Perfectionism is increasing over time: A meta-analysis of birth cohort differences from 1989 to 2016. Psychological Bulletin, 145(4), 410-429. doi.org/10.1037/bul0000138
Clance, P. R., & Imes, S. A. (1978). The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 15(3), 241-247. doi.org/10.1037/h0086006
Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1121-1134. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121
Stress, Appraisal & Well-being
Lazarus, R. S. (1966). Psychological stress and the coping process. McGraw-Hill.
Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. Springer.
McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. New England Journal of Medicine, 338(3), 171-179. doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199801153380307
McEwen, B. S. (2007). Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: Central role of the brain. Physiological Reviews, 87(3), 873-904. doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00041.2006
Sapolsky, R. M. (1996). Why stress is bad for your brain. Science, 273(5276), 749-750. doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5276.749
Sapolsky, R. M. (2004). Why zebras don't get ulcers (3rd ed.). Holt Paperbacks.
Sayhan, S. (2022). Greater subjective well-being as a protective factor for stress and anxiety among the adult population [Master’s thesis, London, UK]. Supervised by Prof. T. Dickins.
Selye, H. (1956). The stress of life. McGraw-Hill.
Keller, A., et al. (2012). Does the perception that stress affects health matter? The association with health and mortality. Health Psychology, 31(5), 677-684. doi.org/10.1037/a0026743
Crum, A. J., Salovey, P., & Achor, S. (2013). Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(4), 716-733. doi.org/10.1037/a0031201
Clow, A., Hucklebridge, F., Stalder, T., Evans, P., & Thorn, L. (2010). The cortisol awakening response: More than a measure of HPA axis function. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 35(1), 97-103. doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.12.011
Balban, M. Y., et al. (2023). Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal. Cell Reports Medicine, 4(1), 100895. doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100895
Lovallo, W. R., et al. (2005). Caffeine stimulation of cortisol secretion across the waking hours in relation to caffeine intake levels. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67(5), 734-739. doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000181270.20036.06
Leproult, R., Copinschi, G., Buxton, O., & Van Cauter, E. (1997). Sleep loss results in an elevation of cortisol levels the next evening. Sleep, 20(10), 865-870. doi.org/10.1093/sleep/20.10.865
Chandrasekhar, K., Kapoor, J., & Anishetty, S. (2012). A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study of ashwagandha root extract in reducing stress and anxiety. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 34(3), 255-262. doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.106022
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(5), 400-424. doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x
LaFreniere, L. S., & Newman, M. G. (2020). Exposing worry's deceit: Percentage of untrue worries in generalized anxiety disorder treatment. Behavior Therapy, 51(3), 413-423. doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.07.003
Yoo, S. S., Gujar, N., Hu, P., Jolesz, F. A., & Walker, M. P. (2007). The human emotional brain without sleep — a prefrontal amygdala disconnect. Current Biology, 17(20), R877-R878. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.007
Lieberman, M. D., et al. (2007). Putting feelings into words: Affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli. Psychological Science, 18(5), 421-428. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01916.x
Pennebaker, J. W., & Beall, S. K. (1986). Confronting a traumatic event: Toward an understanding of inhibition and disease. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95(3), 274-281. doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.95.3.274
Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process. Psychological Science, 8(3), 162-166. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00403.x
Mind-Body Connection & Epigenetics
Levine, P. A. (1997). Waking the tiger: Healing trauma. North Atlantic Books.
Dias, B. G., & Ressler, K. J. (2014). Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations. Nature Neuroscience, 17(1), 89–96.
Pert, C. B. (1997). Molecules of emotion. Scribner.
Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory. W. W. Norton.
van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score. Viking.
Performance, Flow & Decision Making
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & LeFevre, J. (1989). Optimal experience in work and leisure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(5), 815-822. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.56.5.815
Dietrich, A. (2003). Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis. Consciousness and Cognition, 12(2), 231-256. doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8100(02)00046-6
Oppezzo, M., & Schwartz, D. L. (2014). Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(4), 1142-1152. doi.org/10.1037/a0036577
Ericsson, A., & Pool, R. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68-78. doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.68
Newport, C. (2016). Deep work. Grand Central Publishing.
Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Attention, Focus & Cognitive Control
Leroy, S. (2009). Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109(2), 168-181. doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.04.002
Rubinstein, J. S., Meyer, D. E., & Evans, J. E. (2001). Executive control of cognitive processes in task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27(4), 763-797. doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.27.4.763
Ward, A. F., Duke, K., Gneezy, A., & Bos, M. W. (2017). Brain drain: The mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2(2), 140-154. doi.org/10.1086/691462
Mark, G., Gudith, D., & Klocke, U. (2008). The cost of interrupted work: More speed and stress. Proceedings of CHI '08, 107-110. doi.org/10.1145/1357054.1357072
Mrazek, M. D., et al. (2013). Mindfulness training improves working memory capacity and GRE performance while reducing mind wandering. Psychological Science, 24(5), 776-781. doi.org/10.1177/0956797612459659
Lutz, A., Slagter, H. A., Dunne, J. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(4), 163-169. doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005
Dopamine, Motivation & Reward
Schultz, W., Dayan, P., & Montague, P. R. (1997). A neural substrate of prediction and reward. Science, 275(5306), 1593-1599. doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5306.1593
Berridge, K. C., & Robinson, T. E. (1998). What is the role of dopamine in reward: Hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience? Brain Research Reviews, 28(3), 309-369. doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00019-8
Volkow, N. D., Wise, R. A., & Baler, R. (2017). The dopamine motive system: Implications for drug and food addiction. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 18(12), 741-752. doi.org/10.1038/nrn.2017.130
Lembke, A. (2021). Dopamine nation: Finding balance in the age of indulgence. Dutton.
Well-being, Relationships & Quality of Life
Waldinger, R., & Schulz, M. (2023). The good life: Lessons from the world's longest scientific study of happiness. Simon & Schuster.
Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (2010). High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. PNAS, 107(38), 16489-16493. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011492107
Killingsworth, M. A. (2021). Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year. PNAS, 118(4), e2016976118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016976118
Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61(4), 305-314. doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.61.4.305
Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: Gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(2), 377-389. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377
Behavioral Economics, Persuasion & Decision Load
Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263-291. doi.org/10.2307/1914185
Cialdini, R. B. (2006). Influence: The psychology of persuasion (Rev. ed.). Harper Business.
Iyengar, S. S., & Lepper, M. R. (2000). When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(6), 995-1006. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.995
Vohs, K. D., et al. (2008). Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: A limited-resource account of decision making. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94(5), 883-898. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.883
Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. (2016). Understanding the burnout experience: Recent research and its implications for psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 15(2), 103-111. doi.org/10.1002/wps.20311
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Eastern Wisdom & Life Design
Garcia, H., & Miralles, F. (2016). Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life. Penguin Books.
Imai, M. (1986). Kaizen: The key to Japan's competitive success. McGraw-Hill.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full catastrophe living. Delacorte Press.
Suzuki, S. (1970). Zen mind, beginner's mind. Weatherhill.
Burnett, B., & Evans, D. (2016). Designing your life. Knopf.
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Kamiya, M. (1966). Ikigai ni tsuite [On the meaning of life]. Misuzu Shobo.
Sone, T., et al. (2008). Sense of life worth living (ikigai) and mortality in Japan: Ohsaki study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70(6), 709-715. doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e31817e7e64
Sleep, Recovery & Longevity
Walker, M. (2017). Why we sleep. Scribner.
Attia, P. (2023). Outlive: The science and art of longevity. Harmony Books.
Sapolsky, R. M. (2000). Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57(10), 925-935. doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.57.10.925
Blackburn, E. H., & Epel, E. S. (2017). The telomere effect: A revolutionary approach to living younger, healthier, longer. Grand Central Publishing.
Blackburn, E. H. (2009). Telomeres and telomerase: The means to the end. Nobel Prize Lecture. The Nobel Foundation.
Buettner, D. (2008). The Blue Zones: Lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest. National Geographic Society.
Buettner, D., & Skemp, S. (2016). Blue Zones: Lessons from the world's longest lived. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 10(5), 318-321. doi.org/10.1177/1559827616637066
Willcox, B. J., Willcox, D. C., & Suzuki, M. (2001). The Okinawa program. Clarkson Potter.
Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk. PLOS Medicine, 7(7), e1000316. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316
Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., Baker, M., Harris, T., & Stephenson, D. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: A meta-analytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(2), 227-237. doi.org/10.1177/1745691614568352
Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection. W. W. Norton.
Cole, S. W., et al. (2007). Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes. Genome Biology, 8(9), R189. doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r189
Ornish, D., Lin, J., Daubenmier, J., et al. (2008). Increased telomerase activity and comprehensive lifestyle changes. Lancet Oncology, 9(11), 1048-1057. doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70234-1
Ebrahim, I. O., Shapiro, C. M., Williams, A. J., & Fenwick, P. B. (2013). Alcohol and sleep I: Effects on normal sleep. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(4), 539-549. doi.org/10.1111/acer.12006
Wright, K. P., et al. (2013). Entrainment of the human circadian clock to the natural light-dark cycle. Current Biology, 23(16), 1554-1558. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.039
Roenneberg, T., & Merrow, M. (2016). The circadian clock and human health. Current Biology, 26(10), R432-R443. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.011
Puetz, T. W., Flowers, S. S., & O'Connor, P. J. (2008). A randomized controlled trial of the effect of aerobic exercise training on feelings of energy and fatigue. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 77(3), 167-174. doi.org/10.1159/000116610
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Mandsager, K., et al. (2018). Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with long-term mortality among adults undergoing exercise treadmill testing. JAMA Network Open, 1(6), e183605. doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3605
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Windred, D. P., et al. (2024). Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration. Sleep, 47(1), zsad253. doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad253
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Newman, S. J. (2024). Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud. bioRxiv (preprint). doi.org/10.1101/704080
Ferracioli-Oda, E., Qawasmi, A., & Bloch, M. H. (2013). Meta-analysis: Melatonin for the treatment of primary sleep disorders. PLOS ONE, 8(5), e63773. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063773
Haghayegh, S., et al. (2019). Before-bedtime passive body heating by warm shower or bath to improve sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 46, 124-135. doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2019.04.008
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Kleitman, N. (1963). Sleep and wakefulness (Rev. ed.). University of Chicago Press. (Basic rest-activity cycle.)
Van Dongen, H. P. A., Maislin, G., Mullington, J. M., & Dinges, D. F. (2003). The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: Dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation. Sleep, 26(2), 117-126. doi.org/10.1093/sleep/26.2.117
Depner, C. M., et al. (2019). Ad libitum weekend recovery sleep fails to prevent metabolic dysregulation during a repeating pattern of insufficient sleep and weekend recovery sleep. Current Biology, 29(6), 957-967. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.069
Prather, A. A., Janicki-Deverts, D., Hall, M. H., & Cohen, S. (2015). Behaviorally assessed sleep and susceptibility to the common cold. Sleep, 38(9), 1353-1359. doi.org/10.5665/sleep.4968
Noetel, M., et al. (2024). Effect of exercise for depression: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ, 384, e075847. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075847
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[ The Machines ] — Automation & Intelligence Research
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