Polyphasic sleep – Can we really all do the Ronaldo? Polyphasic sleep has been known to a wider public since Ronaldo at the latest. It refers to a special sleep pattern that is very different from our classic sleep rhythm. Biphasic and polyphasic sleep are also not the same thing.…
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Heat death in your sleep? 12 power tips for a good night’s sleep in the heat.
Heat death in your sleep? 12 power tips for a good night’s sleep in the heat. These are the temperatures here in Sanchez (Dominican Republic) in week 26/27, but they have been the same for the last 2 months that we have been here. And they will continue to be…
Continue ReadingFlexible working hours versus COPEP chronoworking
I have already written an article about the new “chronoworking” trend. Essentially, it’s about taking into account the chronobiological parameters of employees and, of course, their chronotype in particular. People who work from home certainly have more opportunities to live their genetic sleep/wake rhythm and to align their work, household…
Continue ReadingChronobiology project at Wartenberg Clinic – ChronoClinic a unique project in personnel deployment planning
The chronobiology project at the Wartenberg Clinic entered its second round. If a chronobiology follow-up project is funded by the same health insurance company that funded the first project, then it has usually been a success. The ChronoClinic project (2021-2022), which has now come to an end, was the direct…
Continue ReadingIs nature too stupid?
We humans boast of our achievements as the crowning glory of nature’s creation. There is hardly any area that cannot be made even better, more stylish, more convenient and more profitable through “innovation”. Driven by funding from industry, science is increasingly being drawn into this maelstrom and sometimes the results…
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