Afternoon Nap refreshes the brain's capacity to learn • Hacker News Board

Re: Afternoon Nap refreshes the brain's capacity to learn

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Post by jrockway » Mon, Feb 22, 2010, 1:26 AM UTC

mhidalgo wrote: post #7

What I find annoying that at work I can see people wasting time on facebook, gchat, etc... while a nap is frowned upon.

Clicking stuff and pressing keys is their job, while sleeping is not. It makes perfect sense.

(I work in a pretty enlightened workplace, and I'm sure I could take a nap if I wanted. The problem is, cubicles aren't very comfy. I just wait until I get home instead.)

Re: Afternoon Nap refreshes the brain's capacity to learn

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Post by sman » Mon, Feb 22, 2010, 1:28 AM UTC

chris123 wrote: post #8

Poll: Who else is a power napper, how long on average, and when on average? Time = 20-40 minutes, sometimes as little as 10 or as long as an hour. Sometimes skip a day. To cure east-to-west jet lag same day I run on excitement from arrival until out of gas a few hours later, then 2-hour deep sleep, then have someone force me to get up, then feel fine and stay up until midnight or 1:00AM, then wake up at the next morn…

I nap for about 20 minutes at about an hour after lunch(usually 1 to 1:30 PM). If I had a 6 hour sleep cycle, I nap for about 40 minutes. I definitely can think and program better after the nap. I nap in my car. I drive out to a Publix lot and do it. I have tinted windows, so people seem not to realize I am napping in it. My real trouble is waking up early. In my office, my CEO shows up at 6 AM and everyone else shows up an hour after that. So I have trouble getting up at 7:30 but I am working on it.

Re: Afternoon Nap refreshes the brain's capacity to learn

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Post by sman » Mon, Feb 22, 2010, 1:29 AM UTC

chris123 wrote: post #8

Poll: Who else is a power napper, how long on average, and when on average? Time = 20-40 minutes, sometimes as little as 10 or as long as an hour. Sometimes skip a day. To cure east-to-west jet lag same day I run on excitement from arrival until out of gas a few hours later, then 2-hour deep sleep, then have someone force me to get up, then feel fine and stay up until midnight or 1:00AM, then wake up at the next morn…

I nap for about 20 minutes at about an hour after lunch(usually 1 to 1:30 PM). If I had a 6 hour sleep cycle, I nap for about 40 minutes. I definitely can think and program better after the nap. I nap in my car. I drive out to a Publix lot and do it. I have tinted windows, so people seem not to realize I am napping in it. My real trouble is waking up early. In my office, my CEO shows up at 6 AM and everyone else shows up an hour after that. So I have trouble getting up at 7:30 but I am working on it.