The process of sleep transitions (falling asleep and awakening) determines our perception of the consecutive morning experience. Factors contributing towards a productive and pleasant start of the day were evaluated in order to build context for the design of an innovative alarm clock. Two types of factors …

Success at school determines future career opportunities. We described a time-of-day specific disparity in school performance between early and late chronotypes. Several studies showed that students with a late chronotype and short sleep duration obtain lower grades, suggesting that early school starting …