{"id":15416,"date":"2022-09-06T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=15416"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:02:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:02:17","slug":"hot-weather-makes-us-sleepy-scientists-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/hot-weather-makes-us-sleepy-scientists-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Weather Makes Us Sleepy, Scientists Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
In countries like Mexico and Spain, mid-day naps \u2014 the so-called <\/span>siesta <\/span><\/i>\u2014 are an integral part of their respective people\u2019s cultural heritage. Yet, an interesting new study finds that taking naps during the day is <\/span>universal to all humans<\/b> \u2014 at least during hot weather!<\/span><\/p>\n As per the results published in the journal <\/span>Current Biology<\/span><\/i>, it’s not accidental if you find yourself napping more in the summer. Northwestern University<\/span> researchers speculate that <\/span>human brains have heat sensors <\/b>that activate on a hot summer afternoon. As a result, we get sleepy and require rest.<\/span><\/p>\n For fruit flies (<\/span>Drosophila<\/span><\/i>) examined in this research, sleeping during the hottest hours of the day was not a learned behavior but a <\/span>pre-programmed<\/b> one.<\/span><\/p>\n These tiny insects\u2019 \u201csleep switch\u201d turned on when temperatures reached <\/span>77 degrees Fahrenheit <\/span><\/a>or hotter. The results were somewhat expected after a similar 2020 paper revealed the existence of <\/span>a possible cold sensor in the brain<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n