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Originally Posted by montsnmags
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Originally Posted by piper28
There has been some scientific research in the recent past that using backlit displays can have a negative impact on one's ability to sleep. One of these days I need to track the study down and read it. I should ask the professor at work that does sleep research if she knows anything about it.
My own personal experience tends to make me believe it. Normal life I tend to spend a lot of time on a computer, even to late at night. However, when I'm on vacation, I spend no time at all on a computer, and find I can get to sleep a *lot* earlier than I normally can.
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Yes, I read of that research somewhere too (probably at MR  ).
Personal experience lends it credence with me too, as I find I fall asleep quicker reading my Kindle in bed than when I'm on my iPad. But I'm also conscious that I tend to read on my Kindle and tend to interact on my iPad (but not always), so I counter my credence with my doubt. But, if insomnia was an issue for me, I'd use my experience and read on the Kindle rather than the iPad. Like when looking for alleviation from migraine, the science is helpful and illuminating and opens up possibilities, but at the time whatever practice helps is practiced regardless of explanations for it.
Cheers,
Marc (who will happily unknowingly take even a placebo)
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True, I'll fall asleep faster with e-ink. But that's because I'm getting annoyed either by the clip-on light (which I never manage to get just right) or the inability to just turn around while reading without the clip-on light changing positions... While on my backlit JE100 I can read for hours (I really need that new battery!) even to the point where my eyes will automatically close
