Sleep and the Circadian Process

Kristin: We can model sleep by way of the interaction of two processes. One is called sleep homeostasis, where our bodies try and protect how much sleep they get per 24 hour day. Circadian process produces an increasingly strong drive to be awake during the day in order to counteract that increase in sleepiness taking place. This again is one of the reasons why it's easier to stay up later and then sleep well than it is to go to bed earlier.

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