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Everynewparentknowsthatrockingcancalmthatuneasybabywhenit’stime

totakeanap.Butthebenefitsofgentlemovementmaygobeyondthebabystage.Because

twonewstudiesshowthatrockingalsohelpsgrown-ups,bothhumanandmouse,get

agoodnight’ssleep.

Whatshouldbenosurpriseisthatmovementcancalmsomeone.Thinkofhowmany

timesyou’vefallenasleeponatrain.Butcanmotionreallycauseanap,andmake

foradeepersleep?

Tofindout,researchersinvited18healthyvolunteersforasleepover.they

cametothelabandsleptonetimeonthemotionless,normalbed.Andonenightwhere

GenevainSwitzerland.whatwefindisthatwhencomparedtoamotionlessnight,

awholenightofrockingsleephasabeneficialeffectnotonlyonsleepbeginning

testthenextmorningthanthestillersleepers.

Inthesecondstudy,Kompotis,astudentattheUniversityofLausanne,rocked

arackofmice.Whetherrockingaffectssleepinotherspecieswasneverbefore

discussed.Sothemainquestionsforourstudywerewhetherrockingaffectssleep

inmiceandwhatisthepossiblesystem?

Kompotisplacedthemousecagesonaplatformthatmovedfromsidetoside.Though

micewererockedfourtimesfasterthantheirhumancounterparts—afrequencyofone

back-and-forthpers