Wessel van Leeuwen
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Stress Research Institute, Stockholm universityLocation
Stockholm, Sweden SwedenOccupation
Research assistant på Stress Research Institute, Stockholm universityIndustry
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Sleeping. Humans do it about one third of their time alive. Rather than being a waste of time, sleep is of vital importance. The effects of insufficient sleep are numerous and form a major part of my PhD research, where I looked into the effects of sleeping 4 hours instead of 8 hours for as long as 5 nights. At Stress Research Institute in Stockholm, I investigate sleep and sleepiness in transportation, mainly in the air and at sea (for instance in project HORIZON, www.project-horizon.eu). These modes of transportation are characterised by a considerable amount of working hours during nights and early mornings. Since humans (as well as all other diurnal animals) are instructed by their b...