Do Women Need More Sleep than Men?

According the the foremost British sleep expert, Jim Horne, director of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University, yes. In our continuing effort to raise awareness of the need for proper rest to promote safe driving, we bring you the latest science on the role of gender and sleep. According to Horne, women need an average of 20 minutes more of sleep per night than men. Horne suggests that this is due to women using their brains more. According to the study, women tend to multitask more, leading to the need for more rest to allow the brain to recover. According to Horne:

"Women tend to multi-task - they do lots at once and are flexible - and so they use more of their actual brain than men do. Because of that, their sleep need is greater... A man who has a complex job that involves a lot of decision-making and lateral thinking may also need more sleep than the average male - though probably still not as much as a woman"

So there it is ladies, you need to get more sleep. The truth is, most of us probably fail to get the proper amount of sleep each night and put ourselves into dangerous situations by driving in an impaired state. Lets all take the professor's advise and get some more shut-eye.

Read the full press release at the Daily Mail.