Sleep is good for the brain. But what about napping? Research raises puzzling questions.
Sleep is good for the brain. But what about napping? Research raises puzzling questions.
- March 30, 2022
- Sara Mednick, cog sci, The Boston Globe, March 30, 2022
“Don’t just think about sleep as being this one thing you want to fix,” said Sara Mednick, professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine, who wrote a book about napping. “Think about the aging person as an entire whole person. All the things they’re doing during the day are impacting how restorative their sleep will be.”
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