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Kim Whitehead,Ìýearly career researcher in neurobiologyÌýand Professor Matthew Beaumont, Professor of English Literature and Co-Director of ÂÒÂ×Ðã's Urban Lab, joined together to explore the little-understood world of sleep and sleep disorders through the disparate disciplines of neurology, literature, and art.

Their project asked: isÌýthe concept of sleeplessness learned in adolescence and, if so, does this explain why insomnia is rare before adulthood? In a recent issue ofÌýThe Lancet, they also argued for the need for an inter-disciplinary approach to sleep research.