Sleep: Explanations
Sleep allows you to integrate what you have learned during the day. As Jacques Revel used to say: "to sleep and dream is to prepare for tomorrow by having understood and accepted yesterday... » Memorization Dreams: I put my day back the way it was Dreams of letting off steam: I arrange my day the way I would have liked it to be... quality sleep = better connection to life's various frustrations Some interesting figures: Awakening 2/3 of our life Sleep represents on average 1/3 of our lives. People who have cancer sleep 6.5 to 7.4 hours have lower mortality rates than those who sleep less than 4 hours or more than 8 hours. You can't sleep too much: "When you've had enough sleep, you wake up" Dr. Sigrid Veasey University of Pennsylvania sleep center Athletes sleep between 10 and 12 hours per night. Lack [...]