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short-sleeper en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of short sleeper.
   alt of short sleeper
   • We compared the coping strategies of 39 short-sleepers and 33 longer-sleepers to the stresses associated with the October 17, 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake using their responses to the eight scales of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. 1991 April, Robert A Hicks, Catherine M Marical, Patricia A Conti, “Coping with a major stressor: differences between habitual short- and longer-sleepers”, in Perceptual and motor skills, volume 72, number 2:
   • An insomniac should be differentiated from a short-sleeper, who needs less than 6 hours of sleep per night and has no symptoms or dysfunction. 2006, Ahuja Niraj, A Short Textbook of Psychiatry, →ISBN, page 150:
   • Habitual short-sleepers did not experience changes in taste perception, activity, or dietary intake following sleep alteration. 2016 September, Shannon L Smith, Mary-Jon Ludy, Robin M Tucker, “Changes in taste preference and steps taken after sleep curtailment”, in Physiology & Behavior, volume 163:

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