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ceaseless technology. a punishing workweek. that to –do list that keeps multiplying. it is no wonder many of us find it difficult to have a sufficient amount of sleep. but will sleeping more on the weekend make up for hours of lost snoozing (小睡)? one sleep expert, w. christopher winter raised the question.
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getting eight hours of shut-eye each night is generally recommended, but many people don’t. as the week rolls from monday to friday, they accumulate a sleep debt. spending a few extra hours in bed on a saturday morning, people assume, will help them “ catch up” on lost sleep. they’re likely right, “ nobody knows how long the horizon is, probably a few nights, but studies show that recovery sleep in the short term does work,” says dr. winter, a member of the american academy of sleep medicine.
