Sleeping with a lover has a powerful and negative effect on one part of. a man's anatomy: his brain. Men, whether you have sex or not, sharing. your bed all night long can actually make you stupid, sapping your brain. power--at least temporarily.

That's the surprising conclusion reached by scientists from the University of Vienna in Austria, reports New Scientist. Oddly, men thought they slept better with a partner and women believed they did. not. In fact, both men and women had more disturbed sleep, but in men it
affected their ability to perform on cognitive tests the next day.

This has nothing to do with having sex--or not. It's all about sleep quality.

The study: Led by Gerhard Kloesch, the team studied eight unmarried, childless couples in their 20s using both questionnaires and a wrist activity monitor called an "actigraph" to assess sleep patterns. The couples spent 10 nights sharing the same bed and 10 nights sleeping in different beds.

The results for men: Men said they slept better with their partner, but in actuality they had more disturbed sleep even when they did not have sex before falling asleep. That lack of sleep caused increased levels of a stress hormone, which reduced their ability to perform simple cognitive tests the next day, reports New Scientist. Interestingly, when men had sex and then fell asleep with their partner, they were better
able to remember their dreams the next day.

The results for women: Women said they slept better alone, and they were right. Still, even when they slept with their partners they reported being far more refreshed in the morning than their sleep time indicated.

Unlike their partners, their stress levels and mental scores did not suffer. When it comes to dream recall, women were the opposite of men.
They remembered their dreams better when they slept alone than when they
slept with their partner.
"It's not surprising that people are disturbed by sleeping together.
Historically, we have never been meant to sleep in the same bed as each
other. It is a bizarre thing to do,"Dr. Neil Stanley, a sleep expert at
the University of Surrey, told the BBC News. "Sleep is the most selfish thing you can do, and it's vital for good physical and mental health.

Sharing the bed space with someone who Is making noises and who you have to fight with for the duvet is not sensible. If you are happy sleeping together that's great, but if not there is no shame in separate beds."

Kloesch presented the research at a meeting of the Forum of European
Neurosciences in Vienna in July 2006.

So we cant even share a bed with our sister's?

Ifah hear!

Story that touches the heart.

Mtchew

iceberylin:
So we cant even share a bed with our sister's?

That doesn't mean you can't share bed with your siblings, I'm basically talking in a case where you and your partner are sleeping in the same bed..

disturbed sleep or not,we aren't complaining





So those points are invalid like mrschìma's nyäsh

the researchers are as dumb as the poster

Ok

Blah blah blah...#Shoro niyen

This research doesn't sound scientific. It's more like paranormal.

AfricanApple:
the researchers are as dumb as the poster

Loudmouth..!! Just have 1 word 4 u... Bimbo..!!

Did the researchers control for IQ, stress levels, social life, rate of depression, bed thickness, time of sleep, insomnia, sex ??

And if we want to go by evolutionary science, sleep is not selfish. Our ancestors would have needed someone to watch for external threats. This neccessitates the need for being in groups. How else do army men survive??

@op I am not pooping on ur thread.