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"So how much sleep do you need? When researchers put test subjects in environments without clocks or windows and ask them to sleep any time they feel tired, 95
by nopassrecover 16y ago
"So how much sleep do you need? When researchers put test subjects in environments without clocks or windows and ask them to sleep any time they feel tired, 95 percent sleep between seven and eight hours out of every 24. Another 2.5 percent sleep more than eight hours."
The broken link there is meant to point to (http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-m...) and I can't spot where it mentions this study.
In any case, you put me in a room with no clock or windows (and presumably no serious stimuli as it's likely to influence the results) and I can bet you I'll sleep twice as much - out of pure boredom.
- eru 16y agoI read about some such experiments. Some people actually preferred it, and used the distraction free environment to finish their PhD theses.
- dazmax 16y agoI think the theory is that once you've fully slept off your sleep debt (which I've heard can be up to 40 hours) you are no longer able to sleep much more than your natural sleep requirement, bored or not.
- eru 16y agoInteresting. I can sleep for 12 hours several nights in a row.
- hucker 16y agoVery interesting, do you have any sources on this? If I forget to set my alarm I can easily sleep for 14-16 hours before I wake, any day of the week. If one possible solution to this is to go on a total sleeping binge for a week or so I'd be thrilled!