Here's how long your naps should be
Here's how long your naps should be
- April 10, 2019
- Sara Mednick, cog sci, via WMUR, April 10, 2019
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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.wmur.com/article/nap-time-tips/22105338.
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