Question: What information do you think you still need to improve sleep?

Jason Ellis answered on 3 Nov 2018:

Loads! Believe it or not we actually don’t know very much about sleep. We still don’t fully understand why we do it…although there are lots and lots of theories (everyone has a theory)! I think one of the things we still need to know is what is normal sleep. Sleep scientists have spent most of their time focusing on poor sleep – the effects of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on our physical or mental health but we still don’t have a good idea about what normal should look like..

From my view that is not helpful in trying to prevent poor sleep from happening in the first place and so that is what my research looks at.