1. David K. Randall
September 22, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/rethinking-sleep.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=health&
Our bodies are meant for a split sleep
schedule. Interrupted sleep schedules are
not abnormal. “neither our bodies nor our
Studies: brains are built for the
• Thomas A. Wehr – sleeping in split schedules roughly one-third of our lives
• Nap studies: David F. Dinges - improved cognitive that we spend in bed”
performance, Simon Durrant – predict ability to
remember, City University of New York - identify
more literal and figurative connections
The Future:
• Acceptance of body’s natural sleep pattersn -> jobs
allowing naps and alternative daily schedules
• Thomas Balkin, military research Lopa Nath
October 1, 2012
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