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by ndynan 1605 days ago
This article follows the classic rule: If a question is asked in the headline, the answer is "no"...

"There is no evidence that sleep was universally segmented, and there is also little evidence that segmented sleep is better. A 2021 meta-analysis of studies on biphasic sleep schedules found that segmented-sleeping subjects actually reported “lower sleep quality … and spent more time in lighter stages of sleep.” One reasonable takeaway is that biphasic sleep is like anarchical foraging: Both might have well served some ancient populations some of the time, but neither of them offers a clear solution to modern problems."

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Will this article be the end of trendy biphasic sleep articles..?