– Waking up groggy in the morning never feels right. How we wake up can affect our mood and the outlook for the day, but also our cognitive performance, the researchers themselves write. The two Australian researchers at RMIT University previously conducted a study on how different sounds affect the way we wake up. Now they have made an alarm that I think should be the perfect sound to wake up to. You can hear him here: Play sound The researchers, Stuart McFarlane and Adrian Dyer, have these three conditions for the perfect ringtone: 1: He has a melody that is easy to hum along to 2: He has a dominant frequency of around 500 Hertz3: He does not walk too fast and not too slow (100-120 beats per minute is ideal) Important to wake up properly – In some cases, waking up in the fog can be potentially dangerous several hours later, because it reduces the performance of making critical decisions, write the researchers. These are some of the findings from the study: Those who use alarms with a more melodic feel, experience feeling less “foggy” than those with a more standard beep sound as an alarm. The more harmonious the participants experienced the melody they woke up from, the less tired they felt afterwards. Those who used a good, old-fashioned alarm with a beep sounded more tired. Norwegian sleep researcher: – Skeptical Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom is a psychologist and professor at UiB, and is well acquainted with the study in question. She researches sleep herself, and is both skeptical of and entertained by the idea of the perfect alarm tone. UNDERSTANDS THE NEED: – All sympathy to those who need a few extra minutes before they start the day, says sleep researcher Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom. Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / NRK – It is a fun study that we intuitively want to believe in, and it is not impossible that a correct form of ringing is better to wake up to than others. She explains that if you have had a bad night, it probably does not help much if you have a comfortable alarm clock. – How chilled one is, is probably a more important moment than the ringing itself, says Flo-Groeneboom. What is your preferred alarm? I would like to test the alarm of the Australian researchers Give me the most brutal sound you have, and I’ll get over it It varies They can be quiet and calm for me Show result The problem is also that the study does not take into account the difference between A and B-human, she says. Difference between A and B people For example, a B person, with a circadian rhythm that means that they are not really ready to get up when they have to, will have greater difficulty getting up. – What we can see then is that they are probably a horrible ringing sound that is painful to wake up to. But they wake up anyway, she says. BRUTAL: – If you gain weight brutally, you can squat so that your body goes into a bit of a crisis mode with, for example, increased adrenaline. It’s uncomfortable, but the rest of the day will work well anyway, says Flo-Groeneboom. Photo: colourbox A-human, on the other hand, can manage with a simpler and milder ringtone. In addition, they still feel more obvious because they are, after all, human beings who do not have difficulty waking up and getting up in the morning. Has a good effect on all Stuart McFlarane, who has made the alarm sound based on the study, thinks that Flo-Groeneboom asks an interesting question. He believes that there is no research that suggests that A- and B-humans respond differently to the sound they wake up to. – But this will be fascinating to do more research on in the future, he writes to NRK. He also reminds that research says that most people are not pure A- and B-people, but something in between. – I think the sound can have a good effect on everyone, but maybe be extra useful for the night owls, he writes. – When it comes to sleep fog, a sound with melody, as opposed to a sound without melody, will be useful for both chronotypes. By that he means that the sound is beneficial for both A and B-human. To snooze or not to snooze? Regardless of whether you have an alarm of the quieter or noisier type, it can still be tempting for many to press the snooze button. – But does sleeping really help? – There are some indications that sleeping in the morning does not really help much. If, on the other hand, you have really bad sleep, a nap of 20 minutes during the day can be fruitful, says Flo-Groeneboom. What does your morning look like? I bounce easily like a feather out of bed (almost) I need a few rounds with the snooze button I snooze so many times that I sleep past all the alarms, but it’s a secret. Show result Hi! Thank you for reading my case. Do you have any suggestions or tips for other issues I should look into? Feel free to send me an email!
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Noisy or quiet alarm clock – which works best? – NRK Nordland
