Feeling Stupid? Stop Texting

Night-time text or email chats with your lover may be making you anxious and depressed, and even affect your learning abilities the next day.

Night-time text or email chats with your lover may be making you anxious and depressed, and even affect your learning abilities the next day. The John F Kennedy Sleep Center in Edison, New Jersey, conducted a study on 40 people between the ages of eight and 22, probing their sleep habits and use of text messages. While boys preferred to play video games and surf the web at night, girls preferred calling somebody or texting. However, the study found that across sexes, respondents were woken up on an average of once a night by texts or emails. Seventy-seven per cent had persistent trouble getting back to sleep. Late night text messages also led to excessive movements in bed, leading to insomnia and leg pain due to awkward sleeping positions.