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Silent3

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10. It's possible that expecting to get most of our sleep all at once...

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 11:48 AM

Dec 2014

...isn't the optimal way to do it, and that sleeping all the way through the night in a single 7-9 hour session of sleep (or at least thinking that's what you should be trying to do) is a fairly modern cultural change brought on by street lighting and the industrial revolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep

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These Simple Steps Can Increase The Quality Of Your Sleep [View all] PADemD Dec 2014 OP

kick 840high Dec 2014 #1

Some of us are natural night owls Warpy Dec 2014 #2

I absolutely agree. 2theleft Dec 2014 #9

I like sleep shenmue Dec 2014 #3

Isn't sleep deprivation one of the "enhanced interrogation" techniques? 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #4

I think it is the linch pin of most courses of torture Doctor_J Dec 2014 #6

I get 9-10 hours a night. 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #7

Every bit of research about sleep indicates that SheilaT Dec 2014 #5

A teaspoon of organic raw honey before bed works surprizingly well. tridim Dec 2014 #8

It's possible that expecting to get most of our sleep all at once... Silent3 Dec 2014 #10

Thank you for that link. PADemD Dec 2014 #11

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