I'll have a meeting with Zhou during the boss's lunch break! Study: Napping makes you smarter
Taiwanese office workers often leave early and come home late. Today, you accidentally work overtime until 8 or 9 o’clock, and have to get up at 7 o’clock the next morning. You can finally take a break during your lunch break, and the new case your boss wants you to handle is thrown on the table with a “snap”. There is no room for rest. Even if I apply green oil all over my face at work and have a cup of coffee in the morning and evening at the supermarket, I still feel tired.
Now a study in the journal “General Psychiatry” tells you: take a breath first, put down the coffee cup and green oil, and learn from the elderly who like to take a break at noon, and take a good sleep during the lunch break, right? Your productivity might be helpful!
Napping prevents cognitive decline, improves concentration and problem solving
As life expectancy increases, older people are more likely to develop dementia as they age. Approximately one in 10 older adults (over 65) in developed countries are affected, as are their sleeping patterns. Changes, naps will become more and more frequent. But research published so far has yet to reach a consensus on whether napping helps prevent cognitive decline or Alzheimer’s disease in older adults.
This study found 2,214 subjects over the age of 60 living in major cities in China (including Beijing, Shanghai and Xi’an). Among these 2,214 people, 1,534 took a routine nap, while The other 680 people had none, and their average night’s sleep was about 6.5 hours. In this experiment, nap time was defined as “resting for at least 5 minutes but not more than 2 hours after lunch.”
The subjects then underwent a test called the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), which included 30 items that measured the subjects’ cognitive abilities and various aspects of physical function, such as Visual spatial awareness, work concentration, attention span, problem solving, position awareness and speaking fluency.
There are many benefits of taking a nap. Instead of looking for customers at noon, it is better to look for Zhou Gong
The results showed that the test indexes of the “Mini Mental State Examination” of the subjects who took a regular nap were significantly higher than those of the subjects who did not take a nap. There were even significant differences in speaking fluency, position awareness and memory! But it doesn’t mean that the longer you nap, the smarter you will be. The research team also found that the longer and more frequent naps, the cognitive abilities of the subjects became worse.
Based on the above, we can see that adequate sleep is very important for any age group. Studies have confirmed that if you have long-term sleep disorders at night, your chances of developing cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease will increase significantly.
If you are a poor social worker who is still busy with official duties during your lunch break, you should take a good look at whether your afternoon work is ineffective due to fatigue. Taking a nap can make your thinking clearer and your memory better, so don’t wrong yourself for that one hour. It’s lunch break. Let’s put down the case of the old boss and go have a meeting with Zhou Gong at noon!
Source: Relationship between afternoon napping and cognitive function in the aging Chinese population
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