10 amazing things about sleep

We are very little aware of what is happening, or at least what can happen, during an essential moment for us humans: sleep. Let us tell you more about these nocturnal episodes. Good evening, we have put together a list of 10 things that may seem surprising to you about sleep!

1. We don't all have colorful dreams

Scientists and researchers have realized following a study that we do not all dream in color. In fact, 12% of the population dreams in black and white. These include bed-loving people who lived at a time when television broadcasts were not yet broadcast in color!

2. We spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping

And yes, we could quickly seem like lazy people when we learn this... Even if we have tried everything to change the world and make our life a real adventure, we sleep for almost 25 years in our lives! So it's time to change your bed linen .

3. Cats spend 2/3 of their lives sleeping

To reassure you, we humans are not the worst at this game. You will understand better why you so often find your little companions asleep on your favorite armchair...

4. The feeling of falling asleep is called sleep onset myoclonus

We have all had at least once this feeling of waking up with a start, thinking that we were falling asleep... This episode occurs especially when we are in a state of significant stress or extreme fatigue. . When the muscles relax and the body enters the sleep phase, the brain sometimes remains alert. It thus sends a signal to the muscles to activate, causing this strange sensation of startle.

5. We only need 5 minutes after waking up to forget 50% of our dreams

We don't always have our eyes in front of the holes and the morning is always a little complicated to get started, wrapped in our duvet cover ... In addition to that, if we have the sudden desire to tell our dreams by the thousand Breakfast time is not always easy. In fact, it only takes 5 minutes after waking up for us to forget half of our dream and 10 minutes for 90% of our imaginary memories to disappear!

6. There is a link between our sleeping positions and our personality

If you have not yet read our article on sleep positions , we invite you to go there, you will learn about yourself! :)

7. Sleeping together, sleeping better!

Sharing the marital bed is not always rosy! This is in fact why 1 in 4 couples sleep in separate beds... However, a researcher from the University of Pittsburgh found that people who have been in a relationship for a long time fall asleep more quickly and wake up less frequently than their peers. singles. So why deprive yourself if it’s good for your health!

8. These big mammal sleepers… or not!

We might like to become a koala for a day when we learn that they sleep 22 hours a day... “I can't, I'm asleep! ". Bats follow closely by sleeping 19.9 hours per day.

Concerning our small mammals which can survive a day without much sleep, we include giraffes, who only need to sleep 1.9 hours per day in 5 or 10 minute increments, not far from elephants and horses which only sleep two to three hours a day.

9. You can't only dream about people you've already seen

But who are you, you who appear in our dreams? We may think that these faces are just a figment of our imagination, but no. The people present in our dreams are people that we have already seen, or at least come across once in our life, even if you have no memory of these characters...

10. The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days

Now you are saying to yourself “A guy really lasted 11 days without sleeping? ", well, yeah. This record was obtained in 1964, by a young Californian student at the time. An experience which is really not recommended, however, many other students who have tried have had serious health problems linked to it!