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elsewhen on June 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper

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.

pyre on June 21, 2011 [–]

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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