Research done in the 1990's is getting some recent attention in the press. A psychiatrist named Thomas Weir had his experimental subjects be in total darkness for 14 hours each night. The sleep pattern that emerged was a 4 hour sleep, 1-2 hours of wakefulness, then another 4 hour sleep. Check out the article!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783
Research done in the 1990's is getting some recent attention in the press. A psychiatrist named Thomas Weir had his experimental subjects be in total darkness for 14 hours each night. The sleep pattern that emerged was a 4 hour sleep, 1-2 hours of wakefulness, then another 4 hour sleep. Check out the article!
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Shalamar Boykin
9/21/2012 10:37:48 am
WOW!! very interesting... according to the norms of the majority, this girl NEVER gets enough sleep... I seem to function on 2 blocks of sleep in 24 hours... not always 4 hours however...
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