It turns out women need more sleep than men due to the complexities of their brain.Professor Jim Hornie from Loughborough University in England said:
“For women, poor sleep is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress and greater feelings of hostility, depression, and anger. These feelings were not associated with the same degree of sleep disruption in men.”
According to the professor women’s brains are more complex and wired differently than a mans are, so their sleep should actually be slightly greater than the average recommended amount of sleep.
Scientists found that around 20 minutes more sleep was needed by women compared to men – and said this was thought to be because the female brain works harder during the day.
Prof Horn said the amount of sleep was necessitated by the complexity and intensity of brain activity during the day.
He said: “The more of your brain you use during the day, the more of it that needs to recover and, consequently, the more sleep you need.
“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.
The study was carried out on a sample set of 210 middle-aged men and women.
