One of the interesting things about the somnolent information processing theory is that it combines research from many different disciplines and areas of cognitive science. As such, it’s important to try to keep abreast of a wide variety of cognitive science research.
Scientific American recently published an article called Why Sleep Disorders May Precede Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
The recent general elections in the U.S.A. have stressed many people out. Whether the candidates they voted for (or for non-Americans, simply preferred) won in the recent elections or not, many people are reporting that they are feeling very anxious. Some feel that neither presidential candidate or major party is prepared to address their concerns
We are delighted to announce another CogSci Apps™ Invention for your sleep, well-being and productivity, mySleepButton® 1.4 for iOS, which contains the world’s first personalized body scan meditation pack!
So there you were the other night, lying in bed trying to fall asleep. But perhaps sleep didn’t come easily to you… Maybe you woke up in the middle of the night and just couldn’t get back to sleep. How might you think (and feel) in order to facilitate sleep?
CogSci Apps Corp. intends to hire a Marketing Assistant. We also plan to hire a junior software developer who is proficient with X Code for iOS® and OS X® (MacOS®). Please see our Opportunities page.
At the beginning of every year, world renowned Read & Trust blogger, Brett Terpstra, selects his top iOS and Mac apps. In reading Brett’s blog, as I regularly do, I was delighted —and honored—to find that he had selected mySleepButton as his top sleep app of 2015! He wrote I have a lot of sound
Many people are increasingly concerned about the effects on sleep of blue light emitted by smartphones and tablets, particularly since the following publication made headlines last year: Chang, A.-M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the
We are very pleased that the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network (CSCN) garnered $4 million in funding this week! One of our research partners, Dr. Julie Carrier is president of that network, professor of Psychology at the Université of Montreal, and holds various related appointments at Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal. Dr. Carrier, Dr. Jessica
Today (July 24, 2015) at the CogSci 2015 Conference in Pasadena, California, we will be presenting the first set of preliminary data on the technique used by mySleepButton: serial diverse imagining, which is a form of cognitive shuffle. The data are from a study led by Professor Nancy Digdon of MacEwan University (Digdon & Beaudoin,
