Why All Men Should Sleep Alone

Sleeping with a lover has a powerful and negative effect on one part of
a man's anatomy: his brain. Men, whether you have sex or not, sharing
your bed all night long can actually make you stupid, sapping your brain
power--at least temporarily.
That's the surprising conclusion reached by scientists from the
University of Vienna in Austria, reports New Scientist. Oddly, men
thought they slept better with a partner and women believed they did
not. In fact, both men and women had more disturbed sleep, but in men it
affected their ability to perform on cognitive tests the next day.
This has nothing to do with having sex--or not. It's all about sleep
quality.
The study: Led by Gerhard Kloesch, the team studied eight unmarried,
childless couples in their 20s using both questionnaires and a wrist
activity monitor called an "actigraph" to assess sleep patterns. The
couples spent 10 nights sharing the same bed and 10 nights sleeping in
different beds.
The results for men: Men said they slept better with their partner, but
in actuality they had more disturbed sleep even when they did not have
sex before falling asleep. That lack of sleep caused increased levels of
a stress hormone, which reduced their ability to perform simple
cognitive tests the next day, reports New Scientist. Interestingly, when
men had sex and then fell asleep with their partner, they were better
able to remember their dreams the next day.
The results for women: Women said they slept better alone, and they were
right. Still, even when they slept with their partners they reported
being far more refreshed in the morning than their sleep time indicated.
Unlike their partners, their stress levels and mental scores did not
suffer. When it comes to dream recall, women were the opposite of men.
They remembered their dreams better when they slept alone than when they
slept with their partner.
"It's not surprising that people are disturbed by sleeping together.
Historically, we have never been meant to sleep in the same bed as each
other. It is a bizarre thing to do," Dr. Neil Stanley, a sleep expert at
the University of Surrey, told the BBC News. "Sleep is the most selfish
thing you can do, and it's vital for good physical and mental health.
Sharing the bed space with someone who is making noises and who you have
to fight with for the duvet is not sensible. If you are happy sleeping
together that's great, but if not there is no shame in separate beds."
Kloesch presented the research at a meeting of the Forum of European
Neurosciences in Vienna in July 2006.
--From the Editors at Netscape

I have always advocated this. Now I have good reason too. LOL

When a man is in my bedspace, he gets his covers and I have mine. I am
wrapped up burrito style!
:)

I personally think a husband and wife or what ever, should have separate
dwellings.
If you want to talk about space. LOL

me thinks he sleeps alone...

At least I get some hun. LOL