I must confess that I have been relying a lot on original research from very non-scientific bloggers in my ventures with biphasic sleep. Dr Piotr Wozniak, a (self-proclaimed) expert on bi- and polyphasic sleep with an MS degree in molecular biology, clears up a lot of myths about polyphasic sleep.
Wozniak completely refutes polyphasic sleep, calling thos who call themselves polyphasic sleepers liars. However, he seems to say that biphasic sleep is better than monophasic.
- “EEG measurements indicate that humans are basically biphasic.”
- “Human body clock is not adapted to sleeping in patterns other than monophasic or biphasic sleep.”
- “[…] an important biphasic nature of the human sleep that is not fully accounted for by the present sleep models.”
- “Only when approaching substantial sleep deprivation can polyphasic schedule be superior to biphasic schedule [when it comes to maximizing creativity].”
- “Many biphasic sleepers can do well on 4 hours [of sleep a day].”
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen any expert on the subject (except Uberman, the “inventor” of a very strict polyphasic sleep schedule) who promotes sleeping in more than two phases. Fortunately, I’m a biphasic sleeper.
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