Newswise — Lighter mornings and darker evenings will begin Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks turn back one hour to mark the end of daylight saving time. Subimal Datta, UT professor of psychology, notes that contrary to popular belief, Daylight Saving Time doesn’t work well when it comes to giving people an extra hour of sleep. It might give people a psychological boost the first day or week. But the potential benefits are nullified thereafter because people begin delaying their sleep time, which cancels out the advantage. “Physiologically, it doesn’t work in the end.”

Datta is a world-renowned neuroscientist whose research focuses on sleep-dependent memory processing, states of consciousness, and anxiety disorders. He has researched the connection between anxiety, depression and sleep, and sleep and dreaming.

Datta's expert profile is available at www.experts.tntoday.utk.edu/experts/subimal-datta/. A recent press release about his tips for maximizing the boost of Daylight Saving Time is available at www.tntoday.utk.edu/2015/10/29/experts-offer-tips-advantage-daylight-saving-time/.

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