On: Direct Evidence Of Role Of Sleep In Memory Formation Is Uncovered

[scott_s]

I've read multiple accounts of people who tried it and claimed they were just as rested. But I emphasize try because they no longer do it, and I bet the reason is they were not just as rested.

edit: polyphasic sleep discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652650

[dzlobin → scott_s]

http://www.supermemo.com/help/faq/polyphasic.htm This was a great find, thanks for the link. Pretty much proved all my thoughts true

[dkersten → dzlobin]

Interesting read.

There was that guy (though I cannot remember who it was) who claimed to have sustained polyphasic sleep for 9 months and only stopped it because he found it hard to interact with people and socialise because his schedule was too different from everyone elses. But, I have no evidence, so.. that FAQ seems reasonable though.

[apr → dkersten]

Steve Pavlina?

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/03/polyphasic-sleep-on...

he has a ton of articles on his blog describing his experience

[dkersten → apr]

Yeah, that was probably who I was thinking of. Thanks for the link.