Stressful sleep. Bad hockey behaviour.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 12, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- A Press-News release announces a Concordia study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, of the impact of stress on sleep. The research, uncovering a new way of predicting which individuals are most likely to suffer from insomnia based on a particular pattern of brain waves, was led by Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, professor in the Department of Exercise Science. Reports about the research appear in Vancouver Desi, UPI, Health News Network, Sleep Review, Economic Times of India, Zee News India, Gopher Archives, Le Journal de Montréal, Canoe and TVA.
- Doctoral candidate Cheryl Macdonald is interviewed on CTV's Canada AM about the bad behaviour of certain junior hockey players off the ice. Macdonald is researching junior hockey player culture.