Mark Ehrman, Sara C. Mednick

Take a Nap! Change Your Life. (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A neuroscientist and sleep researcher explains the physical, psychological, and cognitive benefits of the good old-fashioned nap. Research has revealed a well-timed nap can increase alertness, boost creativity, reduce stress, and improve perception, stamina, motor skills, and accuracy. Even better, a napping habit can enhance your sex life, help you make better decisions, keep you looking younger, aid in weight loss, reduce the risk of heart attack, elevate your mood, and strengthen your memory. In this guide, a researcher at the Salk Institute and the leading authority on the study of the nap reveals a scientifically based breakthrough program that shows how we can fight the fatigue epidemic-which afflicts approximately fifty million Americans-through a custom-designed nap. Sara C. Mednick explains the five stages of the sleep cycle, particularly Stage Two, Slow Wave Sleep, and REM, and the benefits each one provides; how to assess your tiredness and set up a personal sleep profile; and how to neutralize the voice in your head that tells you napping is a sign of laziness-after all, JFK, Churchill, Einstein, and Napoleon weren't exactly slackers. Using the unique Nap Wheel, discover exactly when your optimum napping time is, and exactly how long you should try to sleep-and how it's possible to design a nap to inspire creativity one day, and the next day design one to help improve your memory. Also included are tips on how to create the right nap environment, a sixteen-step technique for falling asleep, a six-week napping workbook, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761153771
• Artikelnr.: 52620255

Autorenporträt

Mark Ehrman is a freelance writer whose work appears regularly in The Los Angeles Times, Playboy, InStyle, and many other newspapers and magazines.

Sara Mednick, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. She is a consultant for the military and private business, and her napping research has been covered by CNN, Reuters, NPR, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Real Simple, and Men's Journal. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard and lives in San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: The Couch at Harvard xi
Part One: The Basics
Chapter 1. The new nap: not your grandfather's siesta 3
It is written . . . in our DNA 4
The siesta is dead. Long live the nap! 7
Chapter 2. Fatigue: a hidden epidemic 10
The walking tired 11
Asleep on the job: a threat to safety 12
Warning: Losing sleep is hazardous to your health 16
Chapter 3. The nap manifesto: what napping can do for you 23
Part Two: The Principles
Chapter 4. The stages of sleep: building blocks of the nap 31
Waves and scans: the sleeping brain revealed 32
The sleep cycle 33
To be continued . . . 44
Chapter 5. Dissecting sleep: making a nap work for you 45
The shadow cycles 46
Stage 2: the constant companion 50
Napping vs. nighttime sleep 51
Chapter 6. Optimized Napping: the secret formula 55
The lark and the owl 56
A nap to call your own 59
How to use the Nap Wheel 61
Part Three: The Program
Chapter 7. Your sleep profile: getting to know yourself 65
How tired are you? 66
Checking your calendar 67
Different naps for different folks 75
Chapter 8. Nap time: it's easier than you think 85
It's about time 86
Clearing the way 86
Free your mind and your nap will follow 95
Okay, you're cleared to nap! 97
Stay motivated! 102
Chapter 9. Extreme napping: exploring the outer limits 103
Ü berman to the rescue? 104
Napping for "normal" emergencies 109
Napping across time zones 113
Chapter 10. A nap-positive society 117
Workers of the world, nap! 119
Power points of workplace napping 122
Appendix
Glossary 127
The scientific formula for creating the precise nap to suit your needs 139