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Body Temperature Shifts for Sleep-Wake Timing

Deliberately raise or lower body temperature to influence your state across the day. Warming yourself tends to promote alertness and wakefulness, while cooling down helps the body transition toward sleepiness and sleep onset. The basic mechanism is that temperature changes act as a circadian cue, nudging arousal up or down.

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"Temperature, you have to increase your body temperature to wake up. You have to decrease body temperature to go to sleep."

huberman · LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in New York, NY · Dec 14, 2022 · 25:42 · open ↗
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