Tricking your brain into a good night\'s sleep

Thursday 9th February 2012

Sleep is one of those critical aspects of life. We all need it and if we do not have enough of it we will suffer throughout the day until we recharge our batteries, unless of course, you know how to trick your brain into thinking that it has had a full night’s sleep when it hasn’t.

The brain is much like a computer, and just like a computer, if you know the right hacks you can bypass all the safety protocols and routines, enabling you to trick the brain into thinking it has been done for the full eight hour rest when it has had far less sleep.

This handy trick is called the Uberman Sleep Schedule. Essentially, rather than sleeping for eight hours sleep, you need to take about six 20-30 minute naps every four hours a day. While at first this routine will leave you feeling rather exhausted, after a while your body adjusts to the new cycle and you drop immediately into REM sleep, which is the recuperative period of the sleep cycle.

After about ten days on this cycle you will wake from each power nap like you had a full night’s sleep, though be warned, this is a brain hack for the dedicated.

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Category: Sleep Research

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Sleeping better for better relationships

Monday 6th February 2012

We have all seen it on TV, when there are relationship troubles, one of the spouses will sleep on the couch. Sleeping separately is seen as a sign that there is trouble in a relationship; however, new research might just flip that on its head. The...

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Sleeping at work?

Friday 3rd February 2012

If there is one thing that does not go down with the boss, it is falling asleep at work. Do it too often and you might just find yourself looking for another job. Falling asleep on the job, then, is not the best career move. So, why do we fall asleep...

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What is sleep paralysis?

Tuesday 31st January 2012

Sleep paralysis is something that happens to all of us but many of us will never consciously experience. At its most basic, sleep paralysis is where you awake at night but cannot move. When we are in the REM cycle of sleep, our bodies are paralysed....

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Should you study before an exam?

Saturday 28th January 2012

Most people spend the night before a big exam cramming for the next day. However, recent research has shown that that time might be better spent sleeping- something that the majority of us would rather be doing. While many people claim that if you...

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