Talk:Polyphasic sleep

Benefits? No scientific evidence?

This article appears to go to great lengths to downplay and deny benefits of polyphasic sleep. For example "There is no scientific evidence that this [polyphasic sleep] is effective." "A 2021 review found no evidence supporting the benefits of polyphasic sleep but instead adverse physical, mental and performance effects." This is the tone of the whole article, yet if I simply follow the link to the article for "nap" I find a whole section on Benefits. Apparently this article became political somehow. 98.156.185.48 (talk) 19:37, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. "Polyphasic sleep" has two meanings. The second meaning, briefly mentioned in this article, refers to reduced-sleep schedules which are supposed to improve productivity. The negative sources are directed at this meaning but the second of the paragraphs you mention incorrectly refers to the primary meaning. I've fixed this. Dan Bloch (talk) 03:44, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Need to reorganize by sleep schedule type

Currently napping is discussed throughout, but it would be better to outline several types of polyphasic sleep.

This would change the whole setup of the article so I thought I'd post here before making changes.

I propose:

- Monophasic sleep

- Biphasic sleep

* Single Nap/Siesta

* Two equal portions

* Segmented sleep (first and second sleep, historical)

- Everyman Schedule (5 hours sleep + 2 30-min naps)

- Uberman Schedule (6-8 naps, 20 min each)

- Dymaxion Schedule (4 naps, 30 min each)

I'd also like to add a section on health effects, because there is some decent research on this. pubmed academic Oxford Academic Hilo HI

Also, this research would be helpful to define a napping section. Pew JD Gale (talk) 17:49, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, what makes you think terms like "Everyman Schedule" and "Uberman Schedule" are encyclopedic?

- 2A02:560:4D16:1800:F835:18D4:E87:C6B2 (talk) 19:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Seemed appropriate because the secondary sources referred to those sleep schedules that way. If there are better/more accepted terms that I missed it'd totally be better to use those, I'd be happy to make changes.

Example: JD Gale (talk) 19:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Segmented Sleep counterpoint

As a consideration to add to Segmented Sleep as a counterpoint to Roger Ekirch's theory: A study that proposes the idea that the Segmented sleep wasn't the natural sleep style of humans, but that it was developed due to the change in environment of early humans moving outside of Africa to other latitudes, thus not shared by all pre-industrial societies. As a counter-counter point: Roger Ekirch answer to it. 148.230.153.42 (talk) 21:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Universality of this article

In several sections, it seems that this article is more a way to promote this "Arthur Roger Ekirch" than to have a neutral, collegial and/or universal point of view. One paragraph about polyphasic sleep is all about how this person agrees or disagrees with a theory, instead of stating either facts or general consensus or real opposition. This fragilise the integrity of the article and make it less objective and more narrow viewed.

It would be interesting to remove all the parts about the point of view of the said person, what he agrees or not about, what theories fit in his own mind and the unnecessary repetition of his name, or to create a specific paragraph named after him to accentuate the fact that it is only one view over many others. Right now, it mostly looks like Arthur Roger Ekirch is strictly the only reference in this matter and it shows mostly his subjective position. 2A02:A03F:B17C:3000:5DD5:3857:E2E6:3C87 (talk) 16:26, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Ekirch is mentioned a lot, but only in one section, and he may well be the foremost researcher of of segmented sleep in pre-industrial Western societies. I removed a couple mentions of his name which may have been non-NPOV, but I don't see this as a big problem. Dan Bloch (talk) 05:55, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

"Morning sleep" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Morning sleep has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 23 § Morning sleep until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 23:57, 23 September 2025 (UTC)