Sleeping in Safe Places: An Experimental Investigation of Human Sleeping Place Preferences from an Evolutionary Perspective

Although humans spend a third of their life asleep, their choice of sleeping places has so far been little investigated both theoretically and empirically. We address this issue from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Our basic assumption is that humans have an evolved preference for safe s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthias Spörrle, Jennifer Stich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800308