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polyphasic sleep physiology Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: sleep/ Developmental patterns of sleep and wakefulness…is a developmental shift from polyphasic sleep to monophasic sleep (i.e., from intermittent to uninterrupted sleep). In infants there may be six or seven periods of sleep per day that alternate with an equivalent number of waking periods. With the decreasing occurrence of nocturnal feedings in infancy and of morning… Read More…is a developmental shift from polyphasic sleep to monophasic sleep (i.e., from intermittent to uninterrupted sleep). In infants there may be six or seven periods of sleep per day that alternate with an equivalent number of waking periods. With the decreasing occurrence of nocturnal feedings in infancy and of morning… Read More