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  • 10-03-2013 12:30am
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    Squeaky the Squirrel
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    CENTER FOR APPLIED COGNITIVE STUDIES (CentACS)

    CentACS reports that "studies show that the length of sleep is not what causes us to be refreshed upon waking. The key factor is the number of complete sleep cycles we enjoy. Each sleep cycle contains five distinct phases, which exhibit different brain- wave patterns. For our purposes, it suffices to say that one sleep cycle lasts an average of 90 minutes:
    • 65 minutes of normal, or non-REM (rapid eye movement), sleep
    • 20 minutes of REM sleep (in which we dream)
    • Final 5 minutes of non-REM sleep.
    The REM sleep phases are shorter during earlier cycles (less than 20 minutes) and longer during later ones (more than 20 minutes). If we were to sleep completely naturally, with no alarm clocks or other sleep disturbances, we would wake up, on the average, after a multiple of 90 minutes--for example, after 4 1/2 hours, 6 hours, 7 1/2 hours, or 9 hours, but not after 7 or 8 hours, which are not multiples of 90 minutes. In the period between cycles we are not actually sleeping: it is a sort of twilight zone from which, if we are not disturbed (by light, cold, a full bladder, noise), we move into another 90-minute cycle. A person who sleeps only four cycles (6 hours) will feel more rested than someone who has slept for 8 to 10 hours but who has not been allowed to complete any one cycle because of being awakened before it was completed.... "
    http://sleepyti.me/

    ^^works out the times for ya


    Test Run: Sleepytime, a Bedtime Calculator

    Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icechen1.sleepytime&hl=en

    Android App, theirs an apple one linked in the above nytimes, can't stand Apple.


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