The Scientific Power of Naps
Published on Jul 24, 2012TWEET IT.
Want an excuse to sleep on the job? Take these scientific tips on "Power-Naps" to get the most energy out of your day, while remaining productive and non-reliant of caffeine. If done properly, naps can change your life!
Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).
Some Sources ---
1) The recuperative value of brief and ultra-brief naps on alertness and cognitive performance.
2) An ultra short episode of sleep is sufficient to promote declarative memory performance.
3) Good sleep, bad sleep! The role of daytime naps in healthy adults.
4) A brief afternoon nap following nocturnal sleep restriction: which nap duration is most recuperative?
5) Recuperative Power of a Short Daytime Nap With or Without Stage 2 Sleep.
Sleep Scoring ---
1) The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep.
2) Rethinking Sleep Analysis.
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The Facts of Napping
Published on May 23, 2013Infographic video about the benefits of napping.
Produced for Spring 2013 Sleep and Dreams class_ at Stanford University led by Dr. William C. Dement.
Music: "Day Bird" by Broke For Free.
Sources:
- Is Taking a Nap during the Day Good or Bad for Your Health?
- Napping Your Way To The Top
- 5 Reasons why you Should Take a Nap Every Day
- Nap Your Way to Better Performance (You Snooze, You Win!)
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A new study finds midday naps at work make for a healthy heart.
Published on Aug 4, 2015HEADLINE: Napping at work may help your heart?
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CAPTION: A new six-year study shows midday naps can lower a person's risk for heart disease. (Feb. 12)
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Imagine being able to take a little midday snooze -- and right at work! SOT: "That nap in the afternoon just gets you going again, and just carries me through." Mark Ekenbarger, Takes Naps at Work
Mark Ekenbarger works for Yarde Metals in Connecticut and takes advantage of a serenity room -- known as the Z-lounge -- to catch a few winks during his day.
And now a new study finds the midday snooze may reduce the risks for fatal heart problems, especially among working men.
The study's senior author, Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos (dih-MEE'-tree-ohs trih-KOH'-poh-lohs), is a researcher at Harvard University. SOT: "If you can have a nap, do." Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos Professor of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health
He says it's the largest study to date, tracking more than 23-thousand healthy Greek adults for about six years.
Those who napped at least three times a week -- for about a half hour -- had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart attacks or other heart problems.
So if the findings are confirmed in other studies? SOT: "It tells you essentially that a siesta can be equally beneficial as being physically active, of lowering your cholesterol, of reducing your smoking or controlling your habitation. The order of magnitude of the effect is considerable." Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos
And the owners at Yarde Metals believe it benefits productivity, and keeps their employees healthy. SOT: "They're more apt to come in for a little while, work, take a break and then go back to work versus calling in sick, or going home." Tracy Yarde Smith, Yarde Metals
Employees sure think it benefits them as well. SOT: "If I'm at my desk in the afternoon, kind of getting a little droopy-eyed, need those toothpicks, I go right in the nap room, take a little snooze and I'm good to go." Jennie Sample, Takes Naps at Work
The study appears in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Are Naps Good Or Bad For You? We'll Let You Sleep On It - Newsy
Published on Aug 30, 2015Depending on how you're wired and your lifestyle, naps can be necessary for your body or a sign of poor health.
Sources:
- You Asked: Is It Good or Bad to Take a Nap?
- Daytime Napping and the Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A 13-Year Follow-up of a British Population
- Midday naps associated with reduced blood pressure and fewer medications
- A Brief Afternoon Nap Following Nocturnal Sleep Restriction: Which Nap Duration is Most Recuperative?
- The Perfect Nap: Sleeping Is a Mix of Art and Science
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Why You Should Take A Nap For Better Health!
Published on Apr 9, 2015Want to be healthier, more alert and happier? Then grab a few moments and take a nap. Here`s why.
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Episode 297 - Art of Nap - Healthy Living
Uploaded on Oct 23, 2011I am clearly in favor of employers allowing employees to take naps. Do you agree that power naps can make you more productive during the work day? Should employers permit naps? Do you think this is a beneficial way to get needed recovery and rest, especially if you have children or work long hours?
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Take a Nap! Change Your Life
Uploaded on Sep 7, 2010SSTattler: Lecture 1hr and a bit - a little long but good...
It's free, nontoxic, and has no dangerous side effects. So why do people have to be convinced to nap? Employers want to keep their workers occupied with the business of business. Parents want their children to do homework when they come home from school or play outdoors instead of "sleeping the day away." But as the facts pile up, the case for napping becomes too compelling to dismiss. Science will give you twenty good reasons to nap!
Sara Mednick, UC San Diego
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Valley Business Provides Nap Room
Uploaded on Sep 1, 2010Business noticed employees dragging towards the end of the day, so they opened a nap room.
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