Napping - how and why

There’s a great graphic on The Boston Globe’s website called: How to Nap. From the article:
Research on pilots shows that a 26-minute “NASA” nap in flight (while the plane is manned by a copilot) enhanced performance by 34 percent and overall alertness by 54 percent. One Harvard study published this year showed that a 45-minute nap improves learning and memory.
My favorite part of the article was that a study last year showed that just thinking about taking a nap brought down blood pressure!
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Posted in corpore sano, miscellanea on June 17th, 2008 |
