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Napping Behavior

Napping Behavior is a sleep-related construct that refers to the individual, contextual, and temporal patterns of daytime sleep episodes, distinguished from nocturnal sleep by its timing, duration, and functional role in sleep regulation and alertness management.

445

Publications

25.1K

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2.1K

Authors

805

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2017–2026

175

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Publications

445

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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Genetic determinants of daytime napping and effects on cardiometabolic health

Hassan S. Dashti, Iyas Daghlas, Jacqueline M. Lane et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 571 citations · Full text

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Sleep/Wake Patterns Derived from Activity Monitoring and Maternal Report for Healthy 1- to 5-Year-Old Children

Christine Acebo, Avi Sadeh, Ronald Seifer et al. · SLEEP · 2005 · 438 citations

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Association of estimated sleep duration and naps with mortality and cardiovascular events: a study of 116 632 people from 21 countries

Chuangshi Wang, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Sumathy Rangarajan et al. · European Heart Journal · 2018 · 394 citations · Full text

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The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration

Sara C. Mednick, Ken Nakayama, José L. Cantero et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2002 · 361 citations

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Authors

2.1K

  1. SA
    Sonia Ancoli‐Israel

    University of California San Diego, United States

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

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  2. YL
    Yue Leng

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    8 publications · 646 citations

    8

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  3. KL
    Katie L. Stone

    California Pacific Medical Center, United States

    7 publications · 911 citations

    7

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  4. TW
    Tangchun Wu

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

    7 publications · 572 citations

    7

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  5. SC
    Sara C. Mednick

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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Institutions

805

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

    72 publications

    11.2K citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    15 h-index

    44 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. Circadian (United States)

    Stoneham, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. Hiroshima University

    Hiroshima, Japan

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    2.5K citations

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Venues

  1. SLEEP

    51 publications · 4.2K citations

    37

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  2. Sleep Medicine

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Sleep Research

    JSR · 19 publications · 1.5K citations

    18

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  4. Chronobiology International

    14 publications · 496 citations

    13

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 459 citations

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