The 5-minute nap produced few beneï¬ts in comparison with the no-nap control. The 10-minute nap produced immediate improvements in all outcome measures (including sleep latency, subjective sleepiness, fatigue, vigor, and cognitive performance), with some of these beneï¬ts maintained for as long as 155 minutes. The 20- minute nap was associated with improvements emerging 35 minutes after napping and lasting up to 125 minutes after napping. The 30-minute nap produced a period of impaired alertness and performance immediately after napping, indicative of sleep inertia, followed by improvements lasting up to 155 minutes after the nap.
Maybe if I took a nap during the day I wouldn’t fall asleep on the couch at night. I wonder how my department’s management would respond to my nap requests.
(Nod: The Daily Dish)
