How Our Sleep System Works
How Our Sleep System Works
- Understanding our sleep system can help you improve your sleep and alertness during deployment
- Humans are “hard-wired” for sleeping during the night and for being active during the day
- Researchers note that sleep regulation has two components:
- Build-up of sleep pressure drive
- Circadian rhythms
- These two components work together to determine
- When you go to sleep
- When you wake up
- How well you feel when you are awake