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Is there any proof of this or is this just what polyphasic sleepers tell themselves?

• skolor 17y ago
  You're right, I can't find any evidence other than several polyphasic sleepers' blogs. I can find a handful of articles on polyphasic sleep, but all of them are behind pay-walls and I can't get to any actual data. The only actual data I could find related to sleep periods evening out to a similar daily distribution after 45 days.
  • thirdusername 17y ago
    I could probobly help you access the journals if you want to investigate further, I'd be interested in hearing the answer.
    • skolor 17y ago
      At this point, I don't think there is much in the way of real work behind it. From what I can tell there has been one paper written about it (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a782431473&rt=0&format=pdf http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a782431...), which is a "field study", not a laboratory test. All I seem to find are pseudo-science and anecdotes supporting both sides of the argument, with no actual evidence.