The Neurobiology of Sleep

As an undergraduate, i was interested in a sort of psychology, nero psychology. One of the summer jobs that i took was working in a bakery. In this bakery, i had eight hour shifts with a half hour break in the middle. And so having that experience just for one summer, for, you know, three months between school years, i decided at that point that somebody had to figure out this thing, this sleep cycle that we go through. Why is it rigid? You know, why do we need to sleep at the same time of day? Why do we need eight hours o sleep?"

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