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1. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Albert Stumm

   Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Blame the ‘first-night effect’ (opens the original)

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   Whenever Robinson Leoni spends his initial night somewhere new, the pattern remains identical: drifting off takes longer, nighttime awakenings occur far more frequently, and his total rest suffers. At home, he averages seven hours. Spending an evening elsewhere—regardless of earplugs or mattress quality—drops his smartwatch total to roughly five hours. "I feel normal, you know, no stress, nothing, but it’s just I notice I wake up continuously," said Leoni, a sales director for a tech compa

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2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Albert Stumm

   Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Blame the ‘first-night effect’ (opens the original)

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   Whenever Robinson Leoni spends his initial night somewhere new, the pattern remains identical: drifting off takes longer, nighttime awakenings occur far more frequently, and his total rest suffers. At home, he averages seven hours. Spending an evening elsewhere—regardless of earplugs or mattress quality—drops his smartwatch total to roughly five hours. "I feel normal, you know, no stress, nothing, but it’s just I notice I wake up continuously," said Leoni, a sales director for a tech compa

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3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Albert Stumm

   How cutting the number of choices you make every day is good for your brain (opens the original)

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   Jeans that fit perfectly. The ideal Netflix show for a Tuesday night. Your one and only soulmate. Modern life promises that with enough options, you will happily find the best of everything. But behavioral scientists say the increasing flood of choices — whether it comes to shopping, social lives or relationships — is doing the opposite. The idea that more choice is better is baked into Western culture, but research shows that having more options can make people anxious, indecisive and, paradoxi

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