Why do we sometimes struggle to fall asleep even when exhausted? I recently gave a lecture at the University of Ottawa’s sleep laboratory, led by Dr. Rebecca Robillard, exploring the cognitive and neural processes involved in falling asleep, and how the cognitive shuffle taps into them. The lecture introduces somnolent information-processing (SIP) theory, which seeks
By Sunday 2026-10-11, I will publish here A link to a YouTube recording of this talk A link to my slides
iOS 26 and iPad OS 26 introduced bugs which could cause mySleepButton packs to fail to load. To the right of packs on the Packs screen some users saw “Failed. Tap To retry.” mySleepButton 1.12 released earlier this month fixed this problem.
We are not just here to promote mySleepButton. We are here to help you get better sleep. That’s why Luc P. Beaudoin devised a do-it-yourself version of the cognitive shuffle. It’s also why we provide an extensive list of sleep tips and other useful information about sleep. Recently, Luc P. Beaudoin updated the list of
Sleep helps improve the health, wellness, and fitness outcomes of patients and clients! Right? If you agree, then it’s time to learn more about sleep wellness from sleep experts and health and wellness professionals who’ve already integrated sleep into their respective practices! So, we’re pleased to invite you to the SnoozzZfest Virtual Conference – Oct
I’m pleased to announce that our systematic review of the literature on pre-sleep mental activity has been accepted for publication as a Clinical Review by the prestigious, high-impact journal, Sleep Medicine Reviews: Lemyre, A., Belzile, F., Landry, M., Bastien, C., & Beaudoin, L. P. (2020) Pre-sleep cognitive activity: A systematic review.. 50 (1-13). Sleep Medicine
CogSci Apps co-founder and inventor of the cognitive shuffle, Dr. Luc P. Beaudoin, continues his collaborative research on sleep onset and insomnolence. He and his colleagues at Université Laval, Université de Montréal, and Concordia will present the following three posters that all pertain to these topics. They present updates on: The somnolent information processing theory
Luc will be interviewed live on Radio-Canada (CBC Radio French), broadcast throughout Western Canada on Saturday morning at 8:25 AM Pacific. But if you do sleep in you can catch the interview later on podcast or the Radio-Canada website.
On the CogSci Apps blog, I announced the new CogSci Apps logo)! Check it out. It’s a good example of social cognitive productivity: doing knowledge work with a great graphic designer, to create a concrete logo that meets multiple very abstract requirements.
As promised, mySleepButton version 1.4.12 for iOS has been released with support for Siri Shortcuts. You can now define shortcuts to tell Siri to “put me to sleep”, and it will start playing mySleepButton. This is handy if you’re sleeping alone and want to control mySleepButton without even looking at your iPhone or iPad.
