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Napping Better Than Caffeine In Many Ways

By Kevin Purdy on December 2, 2008 at 11:00 PM

The New York Times reports that in a study of 61 people, those who took a 2-hour afternoon nap did “significantly” better at repeating verbal, perception, and motor-skill tests from that morning than those given caffeine or a placebo. What’s more, the caffeine takers didn’t do do much better in verbal tasks than the placebos, but claimed to be the most awake. Not brand-new news to long-time Lifehacker readers, perhaps, but a nice reminder that coffee does not always equal productive power. (Here’s the full study paper).


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    December 03, 2008 at 1:36 AM

    But drinking caffeine takes from 1-10 minutes, while that nap took two hours. I think a more interesting (and applicable) study would have compared a 15 minute "power nap" to caffeine.

    InfiniTrent

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