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Researching the Intersection between the Neurobiology and Sociology of Sleep
and Sleeplessness in Adolescents
Kimberley Whitehead
Insomnia rare Insomnia common
Roffwarg et al. Science 1966
Neuroscience Humanities
Sleep is cyclical & lightens periodically: we’re all vulnerable
to awakenings
Concept of the ‘insomniac’, defined
by their sleeplessness
Effects of disturbed sleep – which is biological – worsened by cultural concepts about
sleeplessness
Are these concepts learned in adulthood?
Could this explain why insomnia is rare before adulthood?
Neuroscience Humanities
Sleep is cyclical & lightens periodically: we’re all vulnerable
to awakenings
Concept of the ‘insomniac’, defined
by their sleeplessness
Effects of disturbed sleep – which is biological – worsened by cultural concepts about
sleeplessness
Are these concepts learned in adolescence?
Could this explain why insomnia is rare before adulthood?
Whitehead and Beaumont The Lancet 2018
Sleep art exhibition Mon 15 – Fri 26 Oct 2018 (weekdays 10:00 - 16:00)Sleep art evening event Tues 16 Oct 2018 (18:00 - 21:00)
Symposium
Andrew Carnie, University of Southampton (art) https://andrewcarniesleepproject.blogspot.co.uk
Sofia Eriksson, UCL (neurology)
Nick Franks, Imperial College (neuroscience)
Sasha Handley, University of Manchester (history)
Steffan Blayney, Birkbeck (history)
Simon Morgan Wortham, Kingston University (philosophy)
Frances Knight, UCL (developmental psychology)
Guy Meadows, The Sleep School (psychology)
Public engagement
Lorenzo Fabrizi, UCL (neuroscience)
Jason Rihel, UCL (neuroscience)
James Jepson, UCL (neuroscience)
Alex Solo (DJ) www.mixcloud.com/alexandersolo/babalonia-x-ucl-neuroscience-sleep-cycle-mix-1/
Patient engagement
Subhadra Das, UCL Pathology Museum, Royal Free Hospital (curator)
Frances Newman, UCLH (resident artist)
Guy Noble, UCLH (arts curator)
Neuroscience
Research
Humanities
Research
Monitoring brain function
Analysing data numerically
Reviewing original texts/archives
Discussing evidence-based theories
Sleeplessness has biological and cultural basis
Adolescence may be a ‘switchpoint’ - become aware of cultural beliefs about sleeplessness