- What exactly changes in your brain to make you start feeling very sleepy? Less energy, different mix of neurochemicals, slower metabolism, etc? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep 78 comments askscience
- TIL that sleep duration is affected by a gene called DEC2. Some people have a mutation of this gene where they sleep 2 hours less than normal. So if your one of those people who needed less sleep than people, science can explain why! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sleep#timing 3 comments science
Linking pages
- Nootropics · Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Nootropics 384 comments
- The Algernon Argument · Gwern.net http://www.gwern.net/Drug%20heuristics?2= 129 comments
- The Algernon Argument · Gwern.net http://www.gwern.net/Drug%20heuristics 110 comments
- Evolution as Backstop for Reinforcement Learning · Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Backstop#pain-is-the-only-school-teacher 61 comments
- Zeo sleep self-experiments · Gwern.net http://www.gwern.net/Zeo#vitamin-d-at-morn-helps 34 comments
- The Algernon Argument · Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Drug-heuristics 9 comments
- A few simple hacks to get up feeling less groggy | Simplicity http://minhajuddin.com/2012/10/03/a-few-simple-hacks-to-get-up-feeling-less-groggy 0 comments
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