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Across a 24-h period in a confined EEG recording setting, the length of successive sleep and waking episodes in the rat show no direct relationship. These data imply a limitation to a hypothesis of sleep as a simple energy restoration or storage period.
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Webb, W.B., Friedmann, J. Length of sleep and length of waking interrelations in the rat. Psychon Sci 17, 14–15 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329142
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