This is a talk I gave to a group of General Practicioners interested in sleep and my polyphasic experiment at six40winks.com
An experiment in polyphasic sleepor how survive on 3h of sleepDr. Alvaro Feito Boirac,Physicist and polyphasic sleeper GP Training, July 2013
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2004Hirudo medicinalis
1990sVivid dreams!
2005Neurophysio-pathologyof sleep
2012
3h
2h polyphasic sleep
'Demonstratio longe optima estexperientia.'Francis Bacon
Polysomnography●EEG●EOG (oculogram)●EMG (chinmyogram)●Breathing●Temperature●Erection (=REM)●Growth Hormone●Cortisol 7am●Melatonine●Serotonine●Noradrenaline
Zeo + Fitbit+ Blog
Results?●Everyman (~4h) adaptation in 4 weeks[good fitness, mood, productivity][but requires: extreme motivation, :( social life, support fromfriend / partner]●Uberman (2-3h) adaptation unsuccessful[not enough focus, determination? Or impossible?] [evenharder motivation, effort, etc]●Learned to nap, self control, time, data yet to mine [sport →Deep, deprivation → less light, alcohol → broken sleep, decaf→ effect]
Other discoveries ...●Can you die if you don't sleep?●What is the “second sleep” (2x3.5)?●Mental health issues?●Do you still sleep at night withoutnight?
Questions?six40winks.com
Bibliography●http://www.ane.pl/pdf/4703.pdf●http://six40winks.com/●http://dustincurtis.com/sleep.html●http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/category/sleep/●