Summary of Sara C. Mednick's Take a Nap! Change Your Life

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#1 In a perfect world, all humans, including you, would nap. Scientists have already determined this, and their results back up what historians, anthropologists, artists, and countless brilliant leaders and thinkers have been telling their peers for centuries.

#2 The majority of animals sleep in multiple phases. Humans, on the other hand, attempt to get all their sleep in one phase.

#3 The Romans believed that nymphs cast evil spells of madness upon those who were out and about at midday, since people who skipped their nap showed signs of mental disturbances.

#4 The nap has been proven to be woven into our genetic code. In the 1950s, Dr. Jurgen Aschoff of the Max Planck Institute in Germany conducted a study in which he renovated some abandoned World War II bunkers with all the amenities of small one-bedroom flats, except that they had no windows, clocks, televisions, radios, or newspapers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822502383

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#1

In a perfect world, all humans, including you, would nap. Scientists have already determined this, and their results back up what historians, anthropologists, artists, and countless brilliant leaders and thinkers have been telling their peers for centuries.

#2

The majority of animals sleep in multiple phases. Humans, on the other hand, attempt to get all their sleep in one phase.

#3

The Romans believed that nymphs cast evil spells of madness upon those who were out and about at midday, since people who skipped their nap showed signs of mental disturbances.

#4

The nap has been proven to be woven into our genetic code. In the 1950s, Dr. Jurgen Aschoff of the Max Planck Institute in Germany conducted a study in which he renovated some abandoned World War II bunkers with all the amenities of small one-bedroom flats, except that they had no windows, clocks, televisions, radios, or newspapers.

#5

Our circadian rhythm, which is a fundamental property of the human circuitry, regulates sleep as well as body temperature, heart rate, growth hormone, and urine production. It doesn’t just govern human biology, but all living things.

#6

We have lost our ability to sleep during the day, and we have begun to view it as a waste of both time and money. We need to find a