Sleep in Mammals

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This dataset compiles brain and body weight, life span, gestation time, time sleeping, and predation and danger indices for 62 mammals.


Dataset Location: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/sleep

Comments: Overall time spent sleeping is broken down into slow-wave and paradoxical sleep.

Citation:  Allison, Truett and Cicchetti, Domenic V. (1976), "Sleep in Mammals: Ecological and Constitutional Correlates", Science, November 12, vol. 194, pp. 732-734.

Last modified: 
2015
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