5 rules for taking the best nap of your life
5 rules for taking the best nap of your life
- July 3, 2018
- Sara Mednick, cog sci, Women’s Health, July 3, 2018
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“A 90-minute nap can help you decompress and get creative juices flowing, because
it covers a full sleep cycle, taking you from the lightest to deepest stages of sleep
and back so you wake up refreshed,” says Sara Mednick, Ph.D., an associate professor
at the University of California at Irvine, and author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life.
For the full story, please visit https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a22004172/nap-time-tips/.
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