# What is ‘cognitive shuffling’ and does it really help you get to sleep? Two sleep scientists explain

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/what-is-cognitive-shuffling-and-does-it-really-help-you-get-to-sleep-two-sleep-scientists-explain/
- Published: 2025-06-20T09:15:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: Cottonbro Studio via Pexels. Article by Melinda Jackson and Eleni Kavaliotis. The Conversation – June 16, 2025. If you’ve been on social media lately – perhaps scrolling in the middle of the night, when you know you shouldn’t but you just can’t sleep – you might have seen those videos promoting a get-to-sleep technique called “cognitive shuffling”. The idea, proponents say, is to engage your mind with random ideas and images via a special formula: […] Click here to view original web page at www.theconversation.com