> If prehistoric people slept in two nightly periods, then regularly
awakening
> out of REM sleep may have allowed them to reflect on and remember their
> dreams in a semiconscious state that's generally unavailable to modern
> sleepers. Sleep compressed into a single stint may thus encourage modern
> humans to lose touch with dreams, myths, and fantasies, Wehr argues
> John
Interestingly, in "Never Cry Wolf", during the period when he was trying to
"live like" the wolves, Farley Mowatt reports that when he started trying to
wake up every 20 minutes to half hour for long enough to glance around the
cabin, stand up, and lie down in a new position, he felt more rested than
usual (once he got used to it) and remembered dreaming a lot.
What about that experiment maybe 10 years ago in which the guy lived very
very deep underground for a year to see how this affected his circadian
rhythm? He claims he naturally went to sleep and got up about an hour later
each day, and felt extremely rested. I don't think he talked about dreams,
though.
--Katrina
