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Why is the NY Times linking to pathetic sleep studies? 0

I really hate it when mainstream media covers lame science. This study recently done at the University of Pennsylvania is interesting but not really helpful. For starters. It was VERY small…. dozens of subjects: In what was the longest sleep-restriction study of its kind, Dinges and his lead author, Hans Van Dongen, assigned dozens of [...]

Reflecting on my recent sleep experiments 3

I have some initial conclusions from my ~2 weeks of sleep experiments. – A pitch black room does increase my perceived sleep quality. I remember my dreams more and seem to have more dreams in general. – The blue blocker sunglasses don’t seem to yield any meaningful result for me. This might be because of [...]

Initial Thoughts After Three days of Pitch Black Sleeping 2

This is my 3rd day sleeping in an environment which is 100% pitch black with no interruptions (no sound). My bike rides have seen a marked improvement in their subjective ride quality. I also feel a bit more rested in the afternoons. What’s more amazing are that my dreams are now amazingly vivid! For the [...]