How we might get better sleep, according to our ancestors
How we might get better sleep, according to our ancestors
- August 31, 2022
- Sara Mednick, cog sci, CNET, Aug. 31, 2022
"It wasn't pathologized or weird, it was just what you did," said Sara Mednick, a professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine. She's the author of The Power of the Downstate: Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems. "This idea that we should be sleeping in one solid dose is a pretty new phenomenon," she added.
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