Andrew Huberman· PhD
Naps, provided that they're less than one ultradian cycle, provided they're 20 minutes or 30 minutes or even an hour, can be very beneficial for a lot of people
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Naps, provided that they're less than one ultradian cycle, provided they're 20 minutes or 30 minutes or even an hour, can be very beneficial for a lot of people
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if I close my eyes for 10 20 minutes — it I usually can fall asleep pretty quickly
aim for 20 minute nap
the nap group they were able to sustain their learning and in fact if anything improve it and the difference between those two groups at 5:00 p.m. was about 20%
once you wake up out of that probably really I would say 20 minute nap at that point you've got some good wind in your concentration and energy sales for the brain and that will sustain you throughout the rest of the afternoon and into the evening
they did the nonap group and then compared to the nonap group The Nap group got a wonderful benefit just as we described and they showed benefits in their alertness in their cognitive performance and also they showed a reduction in their sleepiness so Point number one on the scoreboard for a nap
And what they found was that these naps produced almost a 20% boost in short naps, 20% boost in their alertness, and almost a 50% boost in their task productivity.
Naps provided that they're less than one ultradian cycle, provided they're 20 minutes or 30 minutes or even an hour can be very beneficial for a lot of people.
Naps can have some really great benefits. We found benefits for
So maybe I was sleeping too long, but I was uh it definitely made me helped me feel rejuvenated in a way that a 20-minute nap wouldn't.
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