Rebecca Spencer
@rebicca.bsky.social
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Sleep neuroscientist😴🧠, trail runner 🏃🏻‍♀️, triathlete🚴🏼‍♀️🏊🏻‍♀️, explorer of WMass/VT/the world, 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 + 🐾, UMass fan, traveler ✈️, Made in MI ✋🏼
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rebicca.bsky.social
Hey #sleeppeeps - I’m in the northeast U.S. going to #worldsleep2025 in Singapore: give me your long-haul flight, 12 timezone sleep adaptation plan. Prescription or OTC meds? It’s going to be too cool to be a zombie!
rebicca.bsky.social
New podcast alert!

Check out the Brain Architects new lest episode wherever you listen!

#sleeppeeps
rebicca.bsky.social
Love my #textbookupdatingpeeps !❤️
rebicca.bsky.social
#sleeppeeps check out this new meta-analysis which provides great guidance on spindle-slow oscillation measurement which has been highly variable across papers! This work was done in my lab @umass by Thea Ng, an undergraduate @MountHolyoke!

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Does slow oscillation-spindle coupling contribute to sleep-dependent memory consolidation? A Bayesian meta-analysis
elifesciences.org
rebicca.bsky.social
We’ve been using the Activinsight Genactivs for over a year. They’re great. We had a study with Fitbits and fits hitting the shan accessing that data now that Google took over!
rebicca.bsky.social
Our lab has extended our work to infants. Here’s a piece I wrote describing our preliminary study that led to the current R01 work we’re doing. Check it out! childandfamilyblog.com/the-power-of... #infantsleep #sleepscience #babysleep #sleeppeeps
The Power Of Distributed Sleep | Article | Child & Family Blog
Discover the benefits and drawbacks of distributed sleep for infants and babies. Backed by data and research.
childandfamilyblog.com
rebicca.bsky.social
Hey #sleeppeeps! The SLEEP 2024 session proposal deadline is 12/20. Plenty of time to get together with colleagues and come up with an amazing submission! Sleepmeeting.org/session-proposals/
rebicca.bsky.social
#Sleep&Circadian #sleeppeeps - please submit a session proposal for SLEEP2024! Due 12/20.

tinyurl.com/393w6fh3
Session Proposals – SLEEP Meeting
tinyurl.com
rebicca.bsky.social
Yes, their examples were quite extreme!! Sheesh!
rebicca.bsky.social
This is more conservative than I thought we should be. If NIH funded a dataset that is analyzed to answer something quite different than the grant scope, wouldn’t you still credit that grant? (E.g., If someone uses my actigraphy data to study physical activity) This would say no?
Reposted by Rebecca Spencer
allisonharvey.bsky.social
Is anyone looking for post-doc experience and pubs in sleep/circadian science and/or clinical psychology and/or implementation science? If so, please reach out! [email protected] #impsci #sleep&circadian @ABCTNOW @PCSASNews
rebicca.bsky.social
The older population would probably sleep better if reassured of a natural decline in sleep with age that may not all be linked to devastating consequences. We don’t actually know how much they need so to say it’s not enough is a bit of a lie. It’s the dirty little secret of the sleep field!
rebicca.bsky.social
And tacos! 🌮 🍺
rebicca.bsky.social
My absolute favorite day of the year! And the only thing we have to show for it is our brand spanking new BlueSky connection! (And a beer in my hotel fridge!) 🤷🏻‍♀️