The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 677-681

  Mednick, Sara C ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^a   Cantero, Jose L ^b   Atienza, Mercedes ^b   Levin, Alicia A ^b   Pathak, Neha ^b   Stickgold, Robert ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REST; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036300221     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn864     Document Type: Article

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