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Nap Behavior

Nap Behavior is a methodological construct within the study of resting behavior that specifically characterizes short, voluntary episodes of sleep occurring outside the primary nocturnal sleep period, distinguished by its temporal patterning, functional restorative aims, and minimal environmental dependency.

463

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28K

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1.6K

Authors

611

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

463

Sustained attention performance during sleep deprivation: evidence of state instability.

Scott M. Doran, Hans P. A. Van Dongen, David F. Dinges · PubMed · 2001 · 808 citations

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The Effects of Coffee and Napping on Nighttime Highway Driving

Pierre Philip, Jacques Taillard, Nicholas Moore et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2006 · 651 citations

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REM Sleep, Prefrontal Theta, and the Consolidation of Human Emotional Memory

Masaki Nishida, J. Pearsall, Randy L. Buckner et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 2008 · 604 citations · Full text

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Sleep-dependent learning: a nap is as good as a night

Sara C. Mednick, Ken Nakayama, Robert Stickgold · Nature Neuroscience · 2003 · 598 citations

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REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks

Denise J. Cai, Sarnoff A. Mednick, E. Harrison et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 564 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. MH
    Mitsuo Hayashi

    Hiroshima University, Japan

    10 publications · 570 citations

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  2. RM
    Rebecca M. C. Spencer

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    10 publications · 603 citations

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  3. TH
    Tadao Hori

    Hiroshima University, Japan

    9 publications · 577 citations

    9

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  4. SC
    Sara C. Mednick

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    8 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. MW
    Michael W.L. Chee

    Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

    8 publications · 296 citations

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Institutions

611

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    6K citations

  2. Hiroshima University

    Hiroshima, Japan

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of South Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    9 h-index

    33 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Duke-NUS Medical School

    Singapore, Singapore

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. SLEEP

    60 publications · 4.4K citations

    38

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  2. Journal of Sleep Research

    JSR · 21 publications · 1.5K citations

    19

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  3. Sleep Medicine

    21 publications · 920 citations

    17

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 15 publications · 1.6K citations

    13

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  5. Chronobiology International

    12 publications · 482 citations

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