Benefits of napping in healthy adults: impact of nap length, time of day, age, and experience with napping
Benefits of napping in healthy adults: impact of nap length, time of day, age, and experience with napping
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00718.x
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Cote, Kimberly A.
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作者：
Milner, Catherine E.;Cote, Kimberly A.
午睡是一种跨文化现象，发生在人的一生中。人们在打盹的频率以及警觉性和幸福感方面的改善程度差异很大。对白天打盹的系统研究对于理解打盹可能带来的警觉性和表现方面的好处很重要。这篇综述文章调查了影响午睡益处的因素，如午睡的持续时间和时间安排。此外，还考察了年龄和午睡经验等受试者特征的影响。审查的重点是对有规律睡眠/起床时间表的健康个人的好处，而不是对有睡眠或医疗障碍的人。综述的目的是总结午睡带来的表现改善的类型，对现有的研究进行评论，并对未来的研究提出建议。
Napping is a cross-cultural phenomenon which occurs across the lifespan. People vary widely in the frequency with which they nap as well as the improvements in alertness and well-being experienced. The systematic study of daytime napping is important to understand the benefits in alertness and performance that may be accrued from napping. This review paper investigates factors that affect the benefits of napping such as duration and temporal placement of the nap. In addition, the influence of subject characteristics such as age and experience with napping is examined. The focus of the review is on benefits for healthy individuals with regular sleep/wake schedules rather than for people with sleep or medical disorders. The goal of the review is to summarize the type of performance improvements that result from napping, critique the existing studies, and make recommendations for future research.