The Future of Sleep: A Discussion with Derk-Jan Dijk
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Are You Sleepy During the Day?
As people get older, they they tend to sleep less, i think, and be less. My anecdotal observation is, is that true? And what's going on there? Yes, that is another er tant area. How much sleep do we need when we are older? What can i expect about sleep, for example, my daytime sleepiness? We looked into this quite extensively, and i can describe you an experiment where, you know, we take people in their twenties, tell them to be in bed for eight hours for a couple of weeks, and then tem to the laboratory. They observe that the older people have less deep sleep. Their sleep may be less consolidated, less continuous and
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