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How a pair of old socks cured my insomnia

I – SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE WITH PUBLICATION DATE AND WORD COUNT:Source of the article: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/old-socks-cured-my-insomnia/

(16/02/2021)

Word count: 918

II – VOCABULARY:

Word from the text	Synonym/definition in English	French translation
To plead (someone)	To beg	Supplier (qqn)
To pil	To stack	Empiler
To burrow	To bury	Enfouir
To pass out	To lose consciousness	S’évanouir
Mundane	Ordinary	Banale
To rummage	To search	Fouiler
Burgeoning	In processing	En plein essort
Admittedly	Assuredly	Certes

III – ANALYSIS TABLE ABOUT THE STUDY:

Researchers?	College of Human Ecology, Seoul   Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University   COM:FORT Laboratory, Seoul   Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience   University Medical Center, Departments of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Medical Psychology, Amsterdam
Published in? when (if mentioned)?	Published online 2018 Apr 24 In: Journal of Physiological Anthropology   Published 2007 Feb 28 In: Physiology & Behavior
General topic	Sleeping with socks make us fall asleep faster and improve our slumber.
Procedure/ what was examined	What: The time it took for the subjects to fall asleep with and without socks   Procedure: Groups of different age subjects were taken for the experiment. Their sleep was tested for 2 weeks with and without socks on. After each awakening, they had to complete a report on the quality of their sleep.
Conclusions/ discovery	The time it took for subjects to fall asleep was significantly longer with bare foot than with socks. And the quality of their sleep was higher too. The group of elderly is nearly affected
Remaining questions	None