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How Light at Night Affects Preschoolers' Sleep Patterns (Video)
The effects of light and dark on adults' Circadian rythym has been studied over and over, but there hasn't been much research done on how light at night affects young children's sleep patterns. This is the topic of Lameese Akacem's doctoral dissertation, and is a study being carried out under the aegis of the Sleep and Development Laboratory at the University of Colorado, Boulder, under the direction of Assistant Professor Monique K. LeBourgeois. Aside from the inherent value of this research, which may help parents decide whether (and how much) they are messing up their children's sleep patterns by letting them view screens such as TVs, tablets or smart phones near bedtime, its funding is unique; the money for this study is coming, at least in part, from crowdfunding. The crowdfunding itself is an experiment. This study is one of a small, select group of projects the University of Colorado at Boulder has in its pilot crowdfunding program. Its crowdfunding time window closes next week, so if you want to help sponsor this experiment, and help learn how different kinds of light can affect how (and how well) small children sleep, you need to act within the next six days. (This is a two-part video. Part one runs today. Part two will run tomorrow.)
I immediately crushed hard on Lameese Akacem
PS: I don't reply to ACs.
"Everything fun is bad for you"
There, now you don't need that grant.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
then they aren't preschoolers.
Ah, but think of all the grants you *could* get.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
You know what I like even more than video articles?
Video articles that have a delayed part 2!
Because adults can consent to being part of an experiment.
No one wants to turn their child into a lab rat (unless their parents are poor and you pay them).
Some day we may have the technology to be able to post both parts at the same time.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Unless preschoolers getting fucking light at goddamned night somehow interrupts a new kernel release or stops new hardware from being developed then it should not be on the fucking front page of /. but yet it fucking is.
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Look at the straight face/lip smile of Dr. LeBourgeois. Lameese Akacem will never get her PHD if she doesn't learn how to do that. Thought that may be caused by a final ritual that transforms her into a Sith Lord, err I mean PHD.
- Gawking at the presenters
- Complains about women in STEM (or promoting more women in STEM)
- This isn't news for nerds! rage (despite 'nerds' never being clearly defined here)
And I got exactly that. I don't know whether I should be happy or disappointed. No, definitely disappointed. Jesus.
Are you f-ing crazy? What kind of cruel parent would let their young kids have a TV or tablet?!?!
While you're at it, I don't think we have enough scientific evidents on how waterboarding affects kids. Let's try that.
Sickos!
My right hand has been paying back dividends without any noticeable psychological damage.
This comment shouldn't have taken three hours to write, but I've been spending most of my time Googling images entirely unrelated to this.
A little bourbon will counteract the light quite nicely! And a little coffee in the morning will counteract the bourbon! Problem solved!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Women doing science. News Slashdot's SJWs will make you read.
its funding is unique; the money for this study is coming, at least in part, from crowdfunding.
This isn't unique. In fact, three times I've submitted news of a crowdfunded, already completed, ground-breaking scientific discovery published in Nature Chemistry, and /. couldn't be bothered to run it. But somehow, this study gets the "deluxe" Slashdot video treament, plus a pointless second article, plus a call to action to "pitch in."
/. rather read about a major discovery in the hard sciences or about this unfinished (unstarted?) study asking all of us for money?
/. receives) didn't get accepted, but I've tried submitting this recent scientific discovery (published in Nature Chemistry) a few times. IMO it's perfect material for Slashdot: an interesting new hypothesis (about a supposedly "well-understood" reaction) put to the test via regularly evolving experiments and apparatuses. And it was even largely funded through Youtube viewers (who the lead scientist thanks in the paper) and documented with (at least one) well-done video.
/. never ran it. I can't help but think that part of the problem is that the scientist is Dr. Phil Mason, aka thunderf00t, who is known for his vids that expose Atheism+ and anti-Gamergate types as fools. Think about the lousy submissions that do often make it on the front page, especially those that push an agenda.
So, would
repost that sums it up (don't feel like typing it all again):
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I know how it sounds to complain that your one submission (out of the many
But
This is why things like Gamergate (and Slashdot's atrocious coverage of it) matter, even if you yourself don't personally care about videogames; it is a fight against neo-puritans who want to filter ALL types of content (not just games, comics, music, movies, etc) you're allowed to see, and refuse to acknowledge the work of those who don't buy into the "narrative."
P.S. Clearly I'm biased, so if any of you think that my article submission is unworthy for some other reason, let me know (seriously).
How about letting elementary school start later than 7:00am like it is in many places? A ridiculously early start means waking up the kid at 6:00, and even that is really pushing it since a groggy kindergartener moves extremely slowly. Waking up at 6:00 or 5:30 means that the kids' bed times have to be pushed earlier and earlier - so early that getting the proper amount of sleep means putting them to bed before the sun's even down!
Don't crowdfund research. It's bad for publicly funded research. As soon as the government, the universities and the grant organizations find out that crowdfunding works, they'll cut budgets or make their funding dependent on privately acquired money. That means only public darlings will get funded, or projects with corporate backing, and that the research results can end up in a drawer if there are larger backers that have made such provisions. In short, by funding research, you're killing it. Instead, write your congressman or member of parliament.
It's light until 10pm here in Sweden in the winter and the light leaks into the kids' room all night all summer. I guess there's no need to worry about iPad usage if they're already getting that.
Quit crying and screaming! No, there are no monsters, and no you can't have a nite-light! That's bad for you. I read it online a week ago. Just sit there and snivel in the darkness!
Scientists ... traumatizing children since the Renaissance.
Research protocols and IRB rules are built to allow research on children, through minor assent and parental permission. Happens all the time. In this case, for most circadian studies, it would mean using / not using the same screen-based devices that the children already use and then checking melatonin in saliva which is minimally invasive and poses no significant risk. "Lab rat" is hardly an accurate image. Your charge of only poor people cooperating in research when paid is also inaccurate. How do I know this? From serving for a number of years as an educator on a major research hospital's IRB panel, where we approved research involving children when properly designed, and proposed modifications when not. Also from conducting circadian rhythm research on children beginning 30+ years ago, when IRBs were just being developed. We erred on the side of safety at any decision point, and in one early study of 1,300 students (in a balance of urban, suburban and rural towns) had over 90% consent students overall.
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