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Re:Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper by elsewhen on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:37PM (#2676841)
The journal article indicates that the rocked subjects went from a waking state to deeper states of sleep quicker than than those non-rocked... So that should yield a time savings.
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Re:Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper by pyre on Monday June 20, 2011 @11:39PM (#2677324)
Not necessarily. It could just be a trade-off. Less time in the light stages of sleep, and more in the deep stages.
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