Daniel Gartenberg is currently working on research funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Aging and is also a TED resident. To set the record straight about being horizontal, Quartz spoke to one of the world’s most-talked-about sleep scientists. Even that eating cheese before snoozing causes nightmares.
That a nip of whiskey before bed helps you sleep better. That you can get by on four hours’ sleep a night. There are also many, many misconceptions about sleep: that you can “ catch up” on the weekend for lost hours of shuteye.
