Napping Benefits
Napping is equally important to our overall mental, physical and emotional health as good nutrition and proper exercise.
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Enhance Performance
Improving sleep quality positively affects athletes’ reaction times and accuracy, benefiting both athlete health and athletic performance.
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Spark Creativity
Different stages of sleep allow memories to solidify and facilitate creativity through the reorganization of existing knowledge for innovation and problem solving.
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Accelerate Recovery
The strategic use of naps (pre and post-training or competition) can naturally boost anabolic hormones to improve recovery.
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Improve Mood
Naps improve performance level and self-confidence in task performance. People are simply more motivated for the tasks ahead.
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Reduce Stress
Daytime napping stops or even reverses the process of deterioration in visual perception, thus helping individuals cope with information overload.
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Enrich Learning
Even an ultra short period of sleep is sufficient to enhance memory processing.
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Boost Productivity
Lack of sleep causes workers to perform at subpar levels. Researchers estimate sleep deprivation costs US companies $63 billion in lost productivity per year.
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Support Health
Systematic midday napping (at least 3 times per week) is associated with a 37% lower risk of coronary heart disease.
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Increase Alertness
Short rest can improve cognitive functioning and alertness, resulting in a 30% decline in attention failures from baseline measure.