News Release 8-Nov-2023

Financial traders may seek better sleep by self-medicating with caffeine and alcohol to balance the effects of the stimulant and the sedative, per micro-longitudinal study

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

Sleep, alcohol, and caffeine in financial traders — **image:**
**Daytime caffeine and nighttime alcohol’s effects on sleep balance.**
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Financial traders may seek better sleep by self-medicating with caffeine and alcohol to balance the effects of the stimulant and the sedative, per micro-longitudinal study

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291675

Article Title: Sleep, alcohol, and caffeine in financial traders

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0291675

Article Title

Sleep, alcohol, and caffeine in financial traders

Article Publication Date

8-Nov-2023

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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