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5 Major Ways Our Sleep Cycles Could Change in the Future
By Alex Moore, contributing writer for transients.info
While many people unquestioningly believe the one-size-fits-all recommendation that we need eight hours of sleep per night, the truth is that humans throughout history actually preferred a different sleep schedule. These ancestors chose what is now called a bimodal sleep pattern, in which they would sleep for a few hours, wake up for a few hours, and then sleep the rest of the night.
This may seem odd, given the fact that many contemporary doctors recommend sleeping for continuous stretches of time. However, the fact that recommended sleep cycles of today vary so much from normal sleep patterns of the past suggests that our sleep patterns...
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5 Major Ways Our Sleep Cycles Could Change in the Future
By Alex Moore, contributing writer for transients.info
While many people unquestioningly believe the one-size-fits-all recommendation that we need eight hours of sleep per night, the truth is that humans throughout history actually preferred a different sleep schedule. These ancestors chose what is now called a bimodal sleep pattern, in which they would sleep for a few hours, wake up for a few hours, and then sleep the rest of the night.
This may seem odd, given the fact that many contemporary doctors recommend sleeping for continuous stretches of time. However, the fact that recommended sleep cycles of today vary so much from normal sleep patterns of the past suggests that our sleep patterns...
Click here to continue on to the original article. You will be able to comment using a Disqus account (www.disqus.com) if you are logged in with Disqus.
