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Is napping in older adults problematic or productive? The answer may lie in the reason they nap.

Napping is getting bad rap, especially napping in older adults. This is an editorial I wrote for the science journal Sleep in response to a…

Mar 4, 2024

Is napping in older adults problematic or productive? The answer may lie in the reason they nap.

Mar 4, 2024

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Your Personal Best Seeming Out of Reach?

Optimizing your life can be overwhelming. Here’s short primer on how focusing on biorhythms can get you to your personal best.

Sep 7, 2022

Modern Multiarmed Multitasking Shiva, each arm performing a different task. Credit: pict rider/Adobe Stock

Sep 7, 2022

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Sleep… nature’s healer. So why is it the last thing you’ll find at a hospital?

During my one-month stint as a Children’s Hospital parent, I learned that hospitals and the entire approach of western medicine is in sleep…

Aug 19, 2022

Sleep… nature’s healer. So why is it the last thing you’ll find at a hospital?

Aug 19, 2022

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“If-it-bleeds-it-leads” Media Culture is Ruining our Health — Here’s How to Take Back Control

Relentless daily exposure to the 24-hour infotainment news cycle — and the negative discourse on social media is stressing us out.

Jul 31, 2022

“If-it-bleeds-it-leads” Media Culture is Ruining our Health — Here’s How to Take Back Control

Jul 31, 2022

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As A Scientist, I’m Anti-Biohacking

Understanding your own energy depletion and restoration is how to truly optimize

Jul 20, 2022

As A Scientist, I’m Anti-Biohacking

Jul 20, 2022

Why having more sex can save your life.

Your health relies on the autonomic nervous system. A great way to stay autonomically healthy is SEX. Learn about the science of the Big O.

Sep 21, 2022

Why having more sex can save your life.

Sep 21, 2022

Sara_Mednick

Sara_Mednick

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience UC Irvine, Books: The Power of the Downstate & Take a Nap! Change Your Life www.saramednick.com wwwsleepandcognitionlab.com

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