Sleep studies are relatively recent since most of the things we know about sleep have been discovered in the last 25 years.
This is a list of the 8 most interesting facts about sleep.
1) The record of the longest period without sleep is 11 days (264 hours).
The person suffered from hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, and speech and memory disorders.
2) Ideally, it takes 10-15 minutes to fall asleep after bedtime.
This means that you are tired to sleep well, but not so exhausted that you feel sleepy during the day.
3) The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster and the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident They have been attributed to human errors in which lack of sleep plays an important role.
4) The «natural alarm clock» That allows some people to wake up around the same time has been attributed to a burst of stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
5) Human beings sleep on average about three hours less than other primates like chimpanzees.
6) Ducks at risk of attack by predators are able to keep one half of the brain awake while the other sleeps.
7) Most of what we know about sleep we have learned in the last 25 years.
8) Experts say that one of the biggest enemies of sleep is internet accessibility 24 hours a day.
A bit of humor with this video to finish this article: