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Scientists an idea that could us get to sleep faster. All you is a pen and paper. The scientists are from Baylor University in Texas, USA. They research into how we can fall asleep more quickly. They that writing a to-do list helps people get to faster. Doctor Michael K. Scullin was the lead researcher of the study. He said to-do lists make us because we don't need to worry about the things we have to do. He said that if we down the things we need to do, we can about them, so we become calmer. He added: "We live in a 24/7 culture in which our to-do lists to be constantly growing and causing us to worry about unfinished tasks at bedtime."

The researchers at the sleeping patterns of 57 male and female university students aged between 18 and 30. Half of them to write down a to-do list five minutes before they . They had to the lights out by 10:30pm and could not access to technology. The researchers found that the participants who to-do lists asleep an average of 9 minutes faster than those who didn't. They also found that the students who wrote really detailed lists asleep faster than students who wrote simple, general lists. The USA's National Sleep Foundation that around 40 per cent of American adults difficulty falling asleep at least a few times each month.