A Brief Afternoon Nap Following Nocturnal Sleep Restriction: Which Nap Duration is Most Recuperative?
SLEEPPublished 1 June 2006
Amber K Brooks, Leon Lack
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The findings suggest that the 10-minute nap was overall the most effective afternoon nap duration of the nap lengths examined in this study, and suggest a need to consider a process occurring in the first 10 minutes of sleep that may account for the benefits associated with brief naps.
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These findings suggest that the 10-minute nap was overall the most effective afternoon nap duration of the nap lengths examined in this study. The implications from these results also suggest a need to consider a process occurring in the first 10 minutes of sleep that may account for the benefits associated with brief naps.
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