She couldn’t. It’s a pack of lies. When Charles Moore wrote the first volume of his biography of Thatcher, he was asked about this. He said there was absolutely no evidence that she only... Читать далее
Not really. The thing that is important, the key thing, is to sleep for the amount that you need. These days, the eight-hour myth is so prevalent that people are genuinely disappointed if... Читать далее
When people say they don’t dream it’s often more the case that they don’t remember their dreams.
When experiments have been done to monitor dreams - most notably people being woken after... Читать далее
Sleep need is individual. It's like height. Some of us are short, some of us are tall. Some of us are short sleepers; some of us are long sleepers.
In general anywhere between four and... Читать далее
You should. They can indicate things like stress or other things that are going on in your life. But also they can be generally entertaining. People that do have vivid dreams and keep a... Читать далее
A siesta is much more in keeping with hotter countries where at the height of the midday sun it’s inadvisable to be doing anything. From an evolutionary point of view on the plains of... Читать далее
One of the reasons it’s hard to keep track of time or even a sense of time during dreams is because the prefrontal cortex part of the brain isn’t active. The prefrontal cortex has a key... Читать далее
For a long time, since the time of Freud, and even before then in fact, people have looked for meaning in our dreams. In particular whether they have any use to us at all. The honest... Читать далее
Sleep need becomes fixed in our early 20s. Basically, once we've been through puberty and our teenage years. What happens as we get older is that our ability to get that sleep changes... Читать далее