# The temperature dependence of sleep

Harding EC, Franks NP, Wisden W · Frontiers in Neuroscience 13:336 · 2019



## Key finding

Falling core temperature (via warm skin, cool room) is a trigger for sleep onset.



[Read the paper](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=The+temperature+dependence+of+sleep)

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