Naps & Your Brain

Belle Beth Cooper:

Naps aren't for everyone, though. I've heard lots of people say naps don't make them feel better, so I wanted to explore how naps affect your brain and whether they really are good for you or not.
How sleep affects us

Better sleeping is known to provide lots of health benefits. These can include better heart function, hormonal maintenance and cell repair as well as boosting memory and improving cognitive function. Basically, sleeping gives your body a chance to deal with everything that happened during the day, repair itself, and reset for tomorrow.

Sleep deprivation, therefore, actually harms us in several ways. One of the most obvious harms is that we have trouble focusing when we're sleep deprived. Buffer cofounder Leo Widrich wrote about this before:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 21, 2013 1:05 AM
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