NAP

A nap is a short period of sleep, usually in the daytime. Naps maybe taken when becomes drowsy during the day or as a traditional daily practice. It's common for snall children and elderly people to take frequent nap.

Napping has been found to be beneficial. Napping for 20 minutes can help regresh the mind, improve overale alertness, boost mood and increase productivity.

Studyes demonstrate that naps are so good as a night of sleep fare some types of memory tasks.

"The National Istitute of mental Health" funded ateam of dctors, led by Alan Holoson, Robert Stickgold and colleagues at Harvard University for a study which showed that a midday snooze reverses information overload. Reporting in Nature Neuroscienze, Sara Mednick, Stickgold and colleagues also demonstrated that, in some cases, a one-hour nap cauld even boost performance to an individual's top levels.

The NIMH team wrote: "the bottom line is: we should stop feeling guilty about taking that "power nap" at work".

(A "power nap", also known as stage 2 nap, is a short slumber of 20 minutes or less which before the occurrence of deep slow-wave sleep (SWS) intended to quickly revitalize the napper. The expression "power nap" was coined by Cornell University social psychologist James Maas).

After the Japanese, the first to discover the importance in the modern era to conceive of a nap and daytime capsules designed to recover energy, now it's up to the Argentines. In Buenos Aires has just been opened near the financial district center "selfishness", a place designed to give managers pause regenerating.

The psychologist Viviana Vega conceived "the sestiario" and with partner Daniel Leynaud, has designed the ideal place nap. There are three cabins oriented following the principle of Feng Shui with a bed designed specifically for this use, where you can sit for up to 45 minutes.

Before the siesta is required to deal with an assistant that evaluates the form, color, backgraund music and the ideal time for a rest as effective as possible. When the siesta is over tea and biscuits are offered to managers. The standard package costs around 20 euros, complete with massage than 34 euros.

I would like to be a manager in Buenos Aires just to try this place......