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Re:Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Develope... by graeme on Friday April 26, 2019 @11:48AM (#19758748)
So naps the same day catch it up? I will often wake up and be unable to get back to sleep. I am able to sleep later in the day after I have walked, and had food.

I finished most of the book, but don’t remember seeing what he wrote on this.

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Re:Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Develope... by heymijo on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:01PM (#19758924)
That's not to say naps have no benefit for people who don't have trouble sleeping at night. Walker's research shows that naps can help boost memory and learning.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/02/22/naps_boost_learning_cap...

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Re:Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Develope... by heymijo on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:00PM (#19758909)
Walker seems to say no, it doesn't catch it up.

"Can naps help with sleep debt?

Walker: And the answer, unfortunately, is no. Sleep is actually not like the bank. You can't accumulate a debt and then hope to pay it off at some later point in time. So sleep is an all-or-nothing event in that sense. So you can't short sleep during the week and then try to binge and oversleep at the weekend."

https://www.businessinsider.com/sleep-expert-naps-dangerous-...

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