Helen Burgess, Ph.D., quoted in BBC story "The sleep habits that help you wake up without an alarm"
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The experts I spoke to say what's important is not just getting enough sleep, but adhering to a consistent schedule. "You want to make sure that you're going to bed at a pretty regular time, and that it's early enough that you'll be able to get that eight [and a half, in my case] hours that you need," says Helen Burgess, co-director of the sleep and circadian research lab at the University of Michigan in the US. "That regular routine will feed back, and often our bodies will start to relax as we get into that routine."
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