Thanks to "N" for sending this link:
In Learning, Short Nap Is as Good as Night's Sleep
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research has shown that people need a good night's sleep in order to perform better on a number of tests that measure different skills. Now new findings suggest that, in the case of a visual test, a short nap does the job just as well as hours of nighttime z's.
U.S. investigators found that people who took a 60- to 90-minute nap after practicing a task that tests visual perception skills improved their performance just as much as if they had gotten a full night's sleep.
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Comments
I have returned! Sorry Jenz, these days I'm really busy at the wheel, no time for tangents...
Anyways, naps rule. It used to be mandatory during the summers of 80-83, ahhhh. An afternoon nap. In fact, my dad tried to encourage this, to the point where he'd offer a quarter for whoever fell asleep first.
Weird. Gawd, such extra time I had as a kid. And extra quarters.
sigh.
Posted by: rumbanik | June 27, 2003 3:25 PM