Should we be sleeping TWICE a day?
Two shorter periods of slumber may suit our body clocks better and increase alertness Dr Melinda Jackson is a psychologist specialising in sleep disorders Dr Siobhan Banks is a sleep researcher at the University of South Australia Sleeping for 8 hours is a modern concept and split sleep used to be normal Sleeping in two chunks increases alertness and allows greater flexibility By DR MELINDA JACKSON and DR SIOBHAN BANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION PUBLISHED: 04:55 EST, 15 June 2016 | UPDATED: 16:02 EST, 15 June 2016 Many of us wake up in the night, tossing and turning rather than …