Midday Naps Improve Teenagers' Grades

Teenagers and sleep. It’s certainly a passionate subject for many American parents … and those in China. University of Delaware’s Xiaopeng Ji is investigating the relationship between midday-napping behaviors and neurocognitive function in early adolescents. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the School of Nursing assistant professor and principal investigator Jianghong Liu (University of Pennsylvania) turned to the Chinese classroom. With participants from schools in Jintan, she measured midday napping, nighttime sleep duration and sleep quality, and performance on multiple neurocognitive tasks. Ji is interested in the relationship between sleep and cognition. Because of the intensive learning and education demands, the adolescent population is key. Neurocognitive functioning is essential for learning, emotion and behavior control. Her findings suggest that an association between habitual midday napping and neurocognitive function, especially in China, where midday napping is a cultural practice. https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/midday-naps-improve-teenagers-grades-300192?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62484032&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Yablfm-EyQI6gb4dV3q1fa7y7E4GV9NKwXfjJqPfFaqJR_61Drcar7agkJL6i8030DWqGS1rPpBlQaTHgme_E9kYnsg&_hsmi=62484032