University of Colorado at Boulder Nov 21 2024 Females sleep less, wake up more often and get less restorative sleep than males, according to a new animal study by CU Boulder researchers. The findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports , shed new light on what may underlie sleep differences in men and women and could have broad implications for biomedical research, which for decades has focused primarily on males. In humans, men and women exhibit distinct sleep patterns, often