hey there, i'm preparing now for the exams and have a tight schedule with a lot to memorise in very little time.

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From i've read from scientists on sleep (Birds Do It! Bees Do It! Even Educated Fleas Do It!) it seems to be extremely unhealthy to fool around with your circadian rithm. there's little research on it due to some silly medical ethics, but from what is known from rats strict scheduling is fatal no less than sleep deprivation. it just takes more time.

slow wave sleep, the one that is cut in uberman and other fashionable shortened sleep schedules, executes a plethora of physiological functions such as healing or maintaining a proper balance of neurotransmitters and hormones but it is not of any use to the process of learning.

That is done in rapid eye movement sleep which is the only one left when you do fool around.

now as a student i'd like to know how strongly the physiological implications are felt after a marathon of sleep cut to essentials. I don't have the time, sadly, for experiments to see for myself and the usenet group seems to be too wary about trolls and alike to even talk to an outsider.
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-how long do you sleep daily? what's you schedule?
-how strongly do your conversation/concentration/comprehention skills suffer?
-did/will/would they still suffice for an 8 hours exam?
-do you still memorise things while asleep? how well does recalling work?

i'd really be very thankful for any honest information on the implications you could give.

there are a couple bloggers on the wikipedian article on polyphasic sleep writing how everything is tralala after some two weeks of adaptation. can anyone refute/confirm this?

thanks in advance again.