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Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

Brain waves predict our risk for insomnia
Posted on March 13, 2015
Insomnia A recent Concordia study examined the sleep cycles of 12 Concordia students as they went through the nerve-racking experience of finals. | Photos by Concordia University

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 MontrĂ©al, Canoe and TVA.

The research also appeared in Science Newsline, Bright Surf, University Herald, Gizmodo India, Prothom Alo, (e)Science News, The Health Site and Mangalorean