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Reply Sat 23 Aug, 2008 11:22 pm
Interesting. Another problem I might have would be finding the time to sleep. Night time wouldn't be a problem, but the day would be tricky. I suppose I could sleep during lunch and maybe after school, or uni or whatever. The problem with that is that I usually have sport or other commitments. Also do you think the body's sleep cycle could adjust finely enough that you would feel tired at those specific times?

Finally, has any scientific research been done on polyphasic sleep? Does it actually make you need to sleep less? And if so, why? I don't believe in fairy tales, and this is no exception. I need proof, or at least evidence.
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Reply Sun 24 Aug, 2008 10:54 am
aperson wrote:

Interesting. Another problem I might have would be finding the time to sleep. Night time wouldn't be a problem, but the day would be tricky. I suppose I could sleep during lunch and maybe after school, or uni or whatever. The problem with that is that I usually have sport or other commitments. Also do you think the body's sleep cycle could adjust finely enough that you would feel tired at those specific times?


This is definately a problem. Everything I've read said that it has to be followed perfectly or VERY close to be effective. And yes, also supposedly you're body adjusts to those times after a few weeks.

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Finally, has any scientific research been done on polyphasic sleep? Does it actually make you need to sleep less? And if so, why? I don't believe in fairy tales, and this is no exception. I need proof, or at least evidence.


The government has done quite a few sleep studies on soldiers (make sense, since they really don't sleep; it would be helpful to know how they'll perform). It's not easy to find their research....and there isn't much else out there that I trust.....a lot of anecdotal evidence though to at least make it interesting to try.
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Reply Mon 25 Aug, 2008 01:27 am
So bang on time every day?

Another question: what is the optimum sleep time and frequency?

I will probably end up trying it and recording my own results.
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