I distinctly remember reading that there are some (very few) people for whom it is normal to get an hour or less sleep per night. I remember one case cited in which the subjected needed only 15 minutes and reported resenting having that "little slice of death" intrude on his day. A colleague I asked also remembers reading that some rare people do quite well with less than 1 hour/night.
I've tried a Goggle search and a Google scholar search with no success. The reports I remember may be too old for those data bases or perhaps it was in a secondary source text. My searches for "minimum sleep," "hyposomnia," "asomnia" and many other things bring up lots of studies on apnea, sleep deprivation studies, bipolar disorder, etc., but nothing that speaks to the point. Can anyone out there help with a reference? It's driving me nuts. Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/home.htm Office Hours: Mondays 12-2 & 3-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9 a.m. & 12:30-2 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6549 or send a blank email to leave-6549-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
