In Sleep and the Snooze Button: Why Hitting Snooze Makes You Sleepier, host Harith Iskander explains what happens when we hit the snooze button in the morning. Science shows that the body starts preparing to wake up when the alarm rings, but pressing snooze resets the body’s sleep cycle. This causes the body to go back to the beginning of the cycle, making you feel even sleepier. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
In Sleep and the Snooze Button: Why Hitting Snooze Makes You Sleepier, host Harith Iskander explains what happens when we hit the snooze button in the morning. Science shows that the body starts preparing to wake up when the alarm rings, but pressing snooze resets the body’s sleep cycle. This causes the body to go back to the beginning of the cycle, making you feel even sleepier. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.