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Poll: Does Playing Video Games Affect Your Sleep?

by jjacobson on 1/24/13, 12:33 AM with 6 comments

• by grysh on 1/24/13, 1:11 AM

  "Does playing video games at night affect your sleep?"

  I'd say it depends on what they mean. On one hand it's obvious that you can't sleep at night if you're busy playing video games, but on the other hand it could help you relax if you play some monotonous game before you go to bed (such as solitaire). Or you could be immune to any possible side effects from games that are related to sleep.

• by batiudrami on 1/24/13, 1:00 AM

  I find it more difficult to sleep if I try straight after finishing up gaming compared to if I read my kindle for 30 minutes first, but I thought there was a fair amount of evidence that TV/Computer usage directly before bed had that effect?

• by jamesaguilar on 1/24/13, 12:50 AM

  I don't really understand what the question is asking. How can I know if it affects my sleep? I know that it's never the last thing I'm doing before I go to bed, but perhaps if I didn't play so much I would find falling asleep easier? It's almost impossible to tell. At any rate, I don't think this link really belongs here.

• by jjacobson on 1/24/13, 12:38 AM

  Unscientific poll being conducted for a 6th grader's very scienctific science project.