NASA’s trick to take the perfect nap

The snap It is one of the great pleasures of the Spanish. Taking a short break in our day after getting up early gives us the vitality we need to continue with the daybut it does not always have the result we expect.

Surely on more than one occasion you have woken up from your nap more tired than you went to bed. Hence the debate has arisen about how long the perfect nap has to last to wake up full and energized. There are those who are enough with 10 minutes, but there are also those who need hours. To try to solve it, numerous studies have been carried out that have concluded with an answer that The NASA alreadymentioned in 1995.

NASA has a nap as one of the main tools for its astronauts, but as long as they don’t overdo it. For them, the perfect rest in the middle of the day should be 26 minutes. They also assure that thanks to it it is possible improve performance by 34% and alertness by 54%.

NASA has not been the only one to defend this theory. Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic established that a nap should last between 20 and 30 minutes, because otherwise It can end up causing drowsiness.