“How to Keep the ‘First-Night Effect’ from Ruining Your Sleep”, Saatva’s Sleep Stories, May 22 2018

 

 

 

 

 

“As anyone who’s spent a night in a hotel can attest, unfamiliar surroundings can make it tough to slumber. Scientists call it the first-night effect. In a nutshell, part of your brain is sleeping with one eye open because of ‘deviant external stimuli’ —i.e., stuff you’re not used to seeing.”  More