- Sleep affects health and daily life for everyone.
- Stress can make sleep quality much worse.
- A doctor studies how sleep and stress connect.
- Sleep helps the body heal and recover each night.
- Sleep also helps mood control and memory.
- Stress can stop deep restorative sleep at night.
- Poor sleep then affects feelings, learning, and memory.
- The doctor teaches a course about sleep.
- She first learned about sleep in college.
- She gives practical tips people can use nightly.
Difficult words
- affect — To change something or make it differentaffects
- stress — Strong worry or pressure in the mind
- quality — How good or bad something is
- restorative — Making the body feel better and rested
- mood — A person's feeling at a time
- memory — The ability to remember facts and events
- tip — A small piece of practical advicetips
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Discussion questions
- Do you sleep well?
- Do you feel stressed before sleep?
- Do you use any tips to sleep better?
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