Sadly, as we get older, naps become an occasional luxury instead of a daily requirement, and work, chores, and life take ...

Napping during the day is a cultural norm in some parts of the world, but could it transform your work day? Experts are ...

A sleep expert details why you wake up groggy from a nap and how to make the most of your snack-sized slumber.

The notion that napping somehow makes you lazy or less intelligent is a common but baseless myth. Scientific research supports the idea that a brief nap, particularly one in the range of 20 to 30 ...

Napping can establish "a vicious cycle", said Harvard Health Publishing. People often sleep during the day to make up for lost sleep the night before, but then have a harder time falling asleep at ...

Experts are cautioning against dozing off at a particular time of day, suggesting it could exacerbate sleeping difficulties at night. Disrupted sleep is not uncommon and may be brought on by various ...

Taking some quiet time for a nap during the day can help your brain lay down memories, in a process called memory consolidation. Cognitive neuroscientist and nap expert Professor Sara Mednick from ...

a nap helps recharge our batteries. Great minds such as Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Albert Einstein were all known to catch 40 winks during the day. Many of today's Olympians and ...

But napping too long during the day can interfere with nighttime sleep and lead to insomnia. Limit naps to 30 minutes and before 3:00 in the afternoon for best results.

Shorter naps only include stage-two sleep, which is particularly helpful for alertness and memory, said Sara Mednick, a sleep ...