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Story Archives of 'sleep'
Go Ahead, Take A Nap
By Todd Bookman on Thursday, October 8, 2009.We know listening to Word of Mouth would never put you to sleep. But maybe your lunch left you in a food coma. We suggest that you just go with it.
Catching Some Z's
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
As the ever-quotable Winston Churchill put it, “You must sleep sometime between lunch and dinner. You get two days in one – well, at least one and a half.” Other prolific nappers include Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison.
The afternoon nap is one of the first luxuries of childhood to fall by the wayside. These days even the Spanish, known for their afternoon siestas, are easing up on the practice.
But now researchers are finding that a 90-minute nap, complete with a dream-inducing REM sleep, could spark greater levels of creativity. Sara Mednick is an assistant professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego and author of a new study on the benefits of napping.
Let Me Sleep On It: Creative Problem Solving Enhanced by REM Sleep
(Photo by Dra sick Love via Flickr/Creative Commons)
The Color of Our Dreams
By Willa Kammerer on Monday, October 27, 2008.Did you dream in color last night, or in black and white? Your answer just might depend on how old you are.
According to this article in the Telegraph, new research suggests that the color of your dreams is determined by the type of television you watched as a child. While almost everyone under 25 years old dream in color, most people over 55 dream only in grayscale.
