Sleep Experts Debunk 13 More Sleep Myths | Debunked | Science Insider

"Hitting snooze will give you extra meaningful rest."

Hitting the snooze bar

is one of the worst things you can do.

"Sleeping positions don't matter."

Now, wrong.

Sleeping positions absolutely do matter.

"If you snore, you have sleep apnea."

This one is critically important to all sleep physicians.

Hi, my name is Girardin Jean-Louis.

I'm a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences,

and my work focuses primarily on circadian and sleep health.

And I'm Rebecca Robbins.

I'm an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School

and associate scientist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

In my research, I design behavioral interventions

to give individuals the tools

to improve their sleep and their health.

And today, we're making an effort

to debunk some common myths about sleep.

"It's better to be a morning person than a night owl."

So, one isn't better than the other.

We do have in our society both night owls and larks.

There's no question about that.

Both of them do very well

in terms of their own personal livelihood.

The difference is that, for personal happiness,

to be a morning person,

because of the way society is structured,

they tend to do much better.

Robbins: We have sayings like

"the early bird gets the worm,"

and unfortunately that's to the detriment, often,

of evening people.

They really live in a morning person's world

and often are forced to work on a morning person's schedule.

So, what we hope to see happen

is that people become aware of the kind of person they are.

If you happen to be a morning person,

do know that your performance