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Nap

A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours or as a means to supplement before or after loss of sleep. A nap is a form of biphasic or polyphasic sleep, where the latter terms also include longer periods…

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Types of naps

Benefits to napping

Negative effects of napping

Naps across the lifespan

Best practices

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Nap

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples88
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Nap

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related to Purpose classifications · 15
Nap → Appetitive, Caffeine, Common, During, Essential, Habitual, Napping, Naps, Planned, Power, Prophylactic, Recovery, Safety, Scheduled, Taken
related to Duration classifications · 14
Nap → Based, Extremely, Full, However, It, Micro, Napping, Naps, NASA, Power, REM, Slow-wave, The, This
related to Naps across the lifespan · 13
Nap → Adolescents, Adults, As, Evidence, However, Infants, Napping, Older, Regular, Short, Some, The, They
related to External links · 8
Nap → How, January, June, Napping, Retrieved, Sunday Ideas, The Boston Globe, The Guardian
related to Best practices · 7
Nap → According, Because, Harvard Health Publishing, How, Psychology Today, Sleep, The Sleep Foundation
related to Learning and memory · 6
Nap → Additionally, For, In, Napping, Research, The
related to Prescribed napping · 5
Nap → Apart, EDS, For, However, It
related to Alertness and fatigue · 3
Nap → Research, The, Twenty
related to Cognitive capacity · 3
Nap → Brain, Earlier, In
related to Potential health risks · 3
Nap → Habitual, No, There

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Napis ashort period of sleep0.90text
Napis aform of biphasic or polyphasic sleep0.90text
firefightersinstance ofScheduled by professionals0.80text
pilotsinstance ofScheduled by professionals0.80text
truck driversinstance ofScheduled by professionals0.80text
and healthcare workers to reduce the risk of errors or accidentsinstance ofScheduled by professionals0.80text
and often institutionally or legally mandated as part of one's workload.Appetitive napinstance ofScheduled by professionals0.80text
dementia in the elderlyinstance ofthe link may be to do with people taking a longer nap in response to the pre-existence of other risk factors.Habitual naps are also an indicator of neurological degradation0.80text
as reduction in brain function causes more sleepinessinstance ofthe link may be to do with people taking a longer nap in response to the pre-existence of other risk factors.Habitual naps are also an indicator of neurological degradation0.80text
Naprelated to Alertness and fatigueThe0.60section
Naprelated to Alertness and fatigueTwenty0.60section
Naprelated to Alertness and fatigueResearch0.60section

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