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	Polyphasic sleep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Stampi, the improvement is due to an extraordinary evolutionary predisposition to adopt such a sleep schedule; he hypothesizes this is possibly because polyphasic sleep was the preferred schedule of ancestors of the human race for thousands of years prior to the adoption of the monophasic schedule.
		Advocates of polyphasic sleep often claim that the procedure boosts their alertness, but skeptics question whether this alertness is related to the sleep pattern or whether increased adrenaline and cortisol is gained from eagerness to succeed in their polyphasic experiment and their other productive pursuits.
		Polyphasic sleep is also thought to increase REM sleep, but it may also be likely to upregulate slow-wave sleep, causing a polyphasic sleeper to gain less REM sleep in a given period of time than with standard sleep patterns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polyphasic_sleep (2297 words)

	Polyphasic sleep - Uncyclopedia
		Polyphasic sleep is an invention of the Star Trek universe first introduced in Star Trek:Voyager.
		The polyphasic sleep enhancements were administered through a small mechanical component attached to the temple during sleep.
		The polyphasic sleep technology was useful in Borg space and occasionally when facing sleep-based aliens, but didn't have a lasting impact on the show.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Polyphasic_sleep (479 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep Experiment: aka. Uberman sleep
		Polyphasic sleep may be a feasible, and perhaps the only, strategy allowing remarkable levels of sleep reduction during prolonged quasi-continuous work situations, without unduly compromising performance effectiveness.
		Polyphasic sleep is not very common and the most cited examples are from popular pop-myth of Thomas Edison and DaVinci never sleeping, just taking catnaps throughout the day.
		Polyphasic sleep is not very common and the most cited examples are from popular pop-myth stories of Thomas Edison and DaVinci never sleeping, just taking catnaps throughout the day.
	polyphasic.blogspot.com (6609 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep
		Polyphasic sleep is a strategy employed by some people who want to spend more time awake.
		Advocates believe that while ordinary sleep consists of many cycles, much of the sleep period is wasted time, and REM sleep is the most important.
		However, different people vary widely in their sleep needs, and there are anecdotes of geniuses such as Leonardo Da Vince and Thomas Edison sleeping in a polyphasic pattern.
	www.sleepdex.org /polyphasic.htm (340 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep FAQ
		Polyphasic sleeping as a subject has a short but very interesting history both in the lab and on the Web and in other media.
		Claudio Stampi's interest in polyphasic sleeping was an outgrowth of his avocational passion, long-distance sail boat racing, a sport in which being able to cope with long periods without a full night's sleep can be critically important for both safety and racing performance, especially for the solo sailor.
		The story of polyphasic sleeping as an idea propagated through the Web is tangled, and might be considered a textbook case of how the Web can both bring information to the surface and distort it at the same time.
	idiom.com /~turner/polyphasicsleepfaq.html (1189 words)

	UberSleep.com
		I advise anyone who is interested in polyphasic sleep, or may currently be experimenting with it, to read his article first.
		To sleep, or not to sleep, THAT is the question.
		As I’m sure many of you are aware my last attempt at a polyphasic sleep schedule ends as most do, a spate of oversleeping followed by a surrender to sleeping for a whole day, followed by a resumption of ‘normal’ monophasicsleep.
	www.ubersleep.com (1238 words)

	Sleep
		The article basically attempts to dismiss the possibility of polyphasic sleep for human beings by referencing a number of resources, especially noting the large number of bloggers who’ve tried to adapt to it.
		One of the most important (and highly unexpected) developments that recently occurred in my polyphasic sleep experiment was a change in my perception of the passing of time during the naps.
		Since my polyphasic sleep experiment seemed to be going so well, I decided to give it a more difficult test the past few days to get a better sense of its boundaries and limits.
	www.stevepavlina.com /blog/category/sleep (1018 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sleeping is the third most wonderful thing on this planet, after sex and eating.
		Though their server is presently down, this is another journal of a polyphasic sleep attempt.
		I usually sleep for three hours in the afternoon (3 to 6 p.m., or 4 to 7 p.m.) and then, usually, four hours in the early morning (from 2 a.m.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/29508 (2514 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep: Facts and Myths
		Polyphasic sleep is known to sleep researchers as a variant of a sleep pattern that is set in opposition to monophasic sleep.
		Polyphasic sleep is also set apart from a biphasic sleep in which there are two blocks of sleep in 24 hours, i.e.
		Very often their sleep is just a stretch of the biphasic sleep definition or a combination of various sleep modes with a heavy dose of sleep deprivation.
	www.supermemo.com /articles/polyphasic.htm (12866 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep - Beyond3D Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Polyphasic sleep is a sleep pattern specification intended to compress sleep time to 2—5 hours daily.
		It seems that most people who try to adjust to a polyphasic sleeping pattern with any kind of determination seem to reach an acceptable state of being after a couple of weeks - many even report higher states of alertness than with monophasic sleep.
		I can't really see polyphasic sleep patterns being conducive to holding down a job, relationship or anything else that revolves around interacting with the majority of people who are monophasic sleepers.
	www.beyond3d.com /forum/showthread.php?t=25360 (1044 words)

	House of Pearlman » Polyphasic Sleep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Polyphasic sleep, differs from normal sleep in that there is no bulk sleep session.
		In polyphasic sleep, you nap for 15-20 minutes, every 4 hours or so, for a total of 6 naps and about 1.5 - 2 hours of sleep per 24 hours.
		After the first day or so on a polyphasic sleep schedule, the body, desperate for REM sleep since it has been awoken during earlier sleep stages, starts to skip over stages 1-3 and go directly into REM sleep for the duration of every nap.
	www.houseofpearlman.org /blog/?cat=4 (2754 words)

	How to Polyphasic Sleep - WikiHow
		Polyphasic sleep, also known as the Uberman Sleep Schedule supposedly allows people to sleep less but feel awake.
		If you want up to 6 hours extra in a day without feeling sleep deprived or fatigued, the polyphasic sleep schedule is for you.
		How this works: During normal (monophasic) sleep, where people sleep for 8 hours straight, the brain gets around 1.5 hour of REM sleep, which is a deep meditative sleep.
	wiki.ehow.com /Polyphasic-Sleep (441 words)

	Stuart Hogton on Polyphasic Sleep
		The road has been bumpy from time to time, but I did adapt and the sleep method worked well for me. I gained probably 1.5 months extra in quality, focused time in which I was able to do various personal projects on top of my regular work.
		While polyphasic sleep is beneficial in terms of time, you have to make many sacrifices to do it.
		My average sleep per day is still probably half what it was monophasic and I have been able to get loads of work done.
	www.hogton.com /polylog/index.html (1468 words)

	Xeeban's Musings: Polyphasic Sleep
		We attempted something called polyphasic sleep, or "Uberman Sleep" as its known on the net.
		And for polyphasic sleep to work, you have to stick to a rigid schedule.
		But if there is no pressing need to be polyphasic, I will switch back to a monophasic sleep schedule just because its easier and fits in better with the schedules most other people have.
	www.xeeban.com /xeeban/archives/000003.html (466 words)

	A Personal Journey into the world of Polyphasic Sleep
		Sleeping 11PM-2AM or thereabouts and then napping the rest of the day has been a good jumping-off point for many people who weren’t able to go directly into the 6-naps schedule.
		We got there way early, danced a bit, O said he to her rock star pals, and then we headed to a birthday party for a friend of hers in Oakland.
		Hopefully this will allow me to sleep well, but be woken up by the alarm in the next room and the lights on in there will help keep me from re-sleeping.
	polyphasic.wordpress.com (2527 words)

	Polyphasic Sleep Experiment: aka. Uberman sleep: 07/01/2002 - 07/31/2002
		This was done to minimize sleep deprivation in the beginning.
		These test were 2 kinds of performance analysis tests.
		I need to think about being a little more strict to get some reliable results instead of all this conjecture.
	polyphasic.blogspot.com /2002_07_01_polyphasic_archive.html (1809 words)

	POLYPHASIC SLEEP
		In unison with the launch of PolyWiki, we have also launched PolyForum, the sweetest polyphasic sleep forum online.
		Whether you have questions about Polyphasic or Uberman sleep, are looking to encourage others, or just want to relax and have some discussion, check out PolyForum!
		This will serve as a growing community resource for information about Polyphasic Sleep.
	www.polyphasicsleep.com (673 words)

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