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Bihourly self-reports of alertness or energy level were obtained from groups of habitual long and short sleepers over a period of several weeks. The data support the seeming paradox that habitually less sleep results in higher levels of wakeful energy.
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Hicks, R.A., Guista, M. The energy levels of habitual long and short sleepers. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 131–132 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330209
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