Doctors have long pointed to good sleep as the number one lifestyle choice to stay physically and mentally healthy and age well, reducing the risk of chronic conditions like heart disease. Countless videos on social media—touting everything from taping your mouth shut while you sleep, to taking late, warm showers and using phone lockboxes—have enticed a growing group of “sleepmaxxers,” who are obsessed with trying different strategies to help them clock more quality shut-eye. One hack users swear by is called cognitive shuffling, a cousin of the counting-sheep method, but more random.
What is cognitive shuffling, and is it worth the hype? Experts explain.
