Using Your Phone at Night May Not Be as Bad as You Think

For many years, the advice from scientists and experts to people of all ages has been pretty universal: using your phone before bed will mess with your sleep .

But findings from a new study conducted by Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and the Université Laval paint a more complicated picture of the modern nighttime habit .

The self-reported study asked more than 1,000 adults across Canada about their bedtime screen use and sleep health, and found that overall sleep health was similar between those who used screens every night, and those who didn’t use one at all. The worst sleep came from those who used their phones only a few nights a week.

Whereas previous studies had blamed sleep disruption on the blue light emitted by phones and other LED screens—which some research says