Would you welcome the chance to nap at your desk?
Open thread: Japanese companies are allowing staff to snooze in the middle of the working day. Tell us if you’d feel comfortable sleeping on the job
Experience: I can’t wake up in the morning
Johanna Hall: 'Psychiatrists diagnosed insomnia, anxiety and depression, and put me on Prozac. No one realised I would be perfectly happy if I stuck to my natural body clock'
Should I throw away my pillows?
Luisa Dillner: Most of us don't know we should replace our pillow occasionally. But what's the danger if you don't?
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep by Jonathan Crary – review
Nicholas Lezard's paperback of the week: A timely and important polemic that demonstrates how capitalism makes us willing connivers in our own sleeplessness
Should I take regular naps?
Short naps can improve your memory and enhance your problem-solving skills. So should we all make time for a daily siesta? Luisa Dillner reports
Jawbone Up and Sleepio app review: use your smartphone to get a good night’s sleep
The wristband collects your sleep data and the app helps you to learn new habits, while online tutorials give useful suggestions
What gives you nightmares?
Open thread: The myth of cheese dreams has been blown, but tell us what does make you have a bad night's sleep
HuffPo has nap rooms because we must all wake up to the importance of sleep
Arianna Huffington: Lack of sleep affects every aspect of cognitive performance, and can even kill. Employers should be more accommodating
Going to bed early is social death – but it won’t stop me
Nell Frizzell: Some of us are born larks, not owls – but try explaining that to a bunch of drunk friends at a late-night party
Sleep may help memories form by promoting new synapses
New research suggests that sleep aids memory by promoting the formation of new nerve cell connections