References

Citations & sources

We cite primary sources where possible. Where a source is paywalled, we link to a publicly available abstract or summary instead.

Clinical guidelines

  1. AASM — Clinical Practice Guidelines
  2. National Sleep Foundation — Recommended sleep durations
  3. CDC — How much sleep do I need?

Sleep cycles & architecture

  1. Aserinsky, E., & Kleitman, N. (1953). Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep. Science.
  2. Walker, M. (2017). Why We Sleep. Scribner.
  3. Carskadon, M. A., & Dement, W. C. (2011). Monitoring and staging human sleep. In Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine.

Wake-up timing & sleep inertia

  1. Tassi, P., & Muzet, A. (2000). Sleep inertia. Sleep Medicine Reviews.
  2. Hilditch, C. J., & McHill, A. W. (2019). Sleep inertia: current insights. Nature and Science of Sleep.