{"id":3186,"date":"2018-04-01T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/blog\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2018-03-23T14:00:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:00:53","slug":"power-of-naps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/power-of-naps\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Not Just a Decadent Luxury&#8221;: The Power of Naps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know that <a href=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/an-extra-half-hour-of-sleep-an-extra-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sleep<\/a> is good for learning. But what about NAPS?<\/p>\n<p>Over at BrainBlogger,\u00a0Viatcheslav Wlassoff summarizes research suggesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2018\/01\/31\/daytime-nap-productivity-and-brain-functions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">naps yield clear benefits<\/a> for cognition, attention, and emotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_74477805_Credit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3195 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_74477805_Credit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"power of naps\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_74477805_Credit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_74477805_Credit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_74477805_Credit.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although I find research into the power of naps generally persuasive, I do worry about an important gap. Do naps interfere with sound night-time sleep?<\/p>\n<p>That is: Wlassoff summarizes research showing than naps help sleep-deprived people. Do they help non-sleep-deprived people? And, do they make it harder to get a full night&#8217;s sleep?<\/p>\n<p>If yes, then the short-term power of naps might create longer-term problems.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of research that answers this question, I hope you&#8217;ll let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know that sleep is good for learning. But what about NAPS? Over at BrainBlogger,\u00a0Viatcheslav Wlassoff summarizes research suggesting that naps yield clear benefits for cognition, attention, and emotion. Although I find research into the power of naps generally persuasive, I do worry about an important gap. Do naps interfere with sound night-time sleep? That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lb-blog","tag-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}