Scientific American - Frontiers episode 105, 'Catching Capnaps' - Involves a 49 day research experiment into polyphasic sleep Notable individuals who have adap

Scientific American - Frontiers episode 105, 'Catching Capnaps' - Involves a 49 day research experiment into polyphasic sleep Notable individuals who have adapted to polyphasic schedules: Steve Pavlina, a self help blogger, maintained the schedule for ~6 months. Giancarlo Sbragia - Italian actor, one of the first to follow the equihexaphasic (6x30m/24hr) schedule that most people are actually referring to when they say polyphasic sleep. Blogger Puredoxyc - Seemingly responsible for bringing the idea of polyphasic sleep into attention on the web, responsible for the "Uberman Schedule" term for an equihexaphasic schedule. I think you're mostly correct in implying that very little data exists as far as real research on polyphasic sleep goes. However, there's a lot of relevant data in research under topic headings like sleep deprivation, circadian rhythms, and extreme sleep disorders. For a particularly fascinating extreme sleep disorder, take a look at http://www.economist.com/node/12253173?story_id=12253173 http://www.economist.com/node/12253173?story_id=12253173