Napping Is A More Effective Countermeasure To Sleepiness In Younger Than Middle-Aged People

Coffee is an effective countermeasure to sleepiness for both young and middle-aged people. However, napping is more efficient in young than in middle-aged people.Patricia Sagaspe, PhD, of the Clinique du Sommeil at CHU Pellegrin in Bordeau, France, studied 24 people, 12 young (between 20-25 years of age) and 12 middle-aged (between 40-50 years of age). Participants first drove 125 highway miles in the daylight, between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Sleep / Sleep Disorders on December 2nd, 2007