Does the snooze mean anything to you? Yes No ? It is this little button that shifts the deadline by 5, 10 or 15 minutes when the alarm clock rings in the morning. Sleeping a little longer to recharge the batteries more, it seems logical! Except that this is not the case according to a study conducted by the American Dan Ariely, a behavioral specialist, and relayed by The Independent :the little "nap" that we allow ourselves before getting up would have the effect of making us even more tired and drowsy. The reason ? The time that elapses between the two rings – the initial and the delayed one – is too short for the body to fall back into a state of deep sleep. There is therefore no question of real rest, far from it.
Indeed, the fact that there is no well-set routine confuses the brain, which then does not understand what waking up means and, in fact, disrupts the biological clock. The scientist explains further:"If you start your day at 7 a.m., you may be tempted to set your alarm clock a little earlier, say 6:40 a.m., and press the snooze button several times until it is 7 a.m. or even 7:15 a.m. With this snooze strategy, the body cannot understand the conditioned response (=automatic reaction of the organism) between hearing the alarm clock and getting up .
In other words, the body is more efficient when it is accustomed to a single, clear rule, which is to get up when the alarm goes off. To repeat one's awakening is to do the opposite, and to send a confused message to the body. The only rule to follow:to wake up in great shape, we make sure above all to have between 7 and 9 hours of sleep. We get it, we have to “set our alarm at the exact time we chose to get up ". Easier said than done, certainly, but to adopt to gain efficiency!
