Humans were designed for segmented sleep—two four-hour shifts separated by a 1–2 hour period awake

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Humans were designed for segmented sleep—two four-hour shifts separated by a 1–2 hour period awake

08/12/2020

There’s compelling data that we humans are designed for segmented sleep—sleeping first for four hours, then awake for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783

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