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- Revision 3Oct 4, 2026, 8:44 AMLiveAI-organised, reviewed
Added newly available evidence on reallocating time to sleep and mental health, smartphone use and insufficient sleep, and structural brain correlates of insufficient sleep; expanded the consequences section and takeaways accordingly, and added guidance on phone-free bedrooms and on shifting time toward sleep.
- · The main finding was rewritten.
- · Updated “Typical sleep patterns in adolescence”.
- · Updated “What short sleep is linked to”.
- · 3 new sources cited.
- · The note on uncertainty changed.
- · The key takeaways were revised.
- · 2 new pieces of guidance for specific situations.
- · 1 new open question.
- Revision 2Oct 3, 2026, 6:20 PMAI-organised, reviewed
AI-prepared Starting Map from live research.
- · First published version.