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  2. What is a siesta? The history of the afternoon nap and its ...

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    The Spanish "siesta" is probably the best-known term associated with the afternoon nap, but ancient Romans in Italy practiced afternoon naps, known as "riposo," many centuries earlier.

  3. Siesta - Wikipedia

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    A siesta (from Spanish, pronounced and meaning "nap") is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal.Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those in warm-weather zones.

  4. Confusional arousal - Wikipedia

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    Paradoxically, parental efforts can rather increase agitation of the child. The onset of symptoms is usually within 2 and 3 hours of sleep onset (at the time of transition from slow-wave sleep to a lighter sleep stage) and those events can last from 10 to 30 minutes. Patients generally wake up without any recollection of the event.

  5. Polyphasic sleep - Wikipedia

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    They would sleep for about four hours, wake up for two to three hours, then go back to bed for another four hours. They also took about two hours to fall asleep. [11] Polyphasic sleep can be caused by irregular sleep-wake syndrome, a rare circadian rhythm sleep disorder which is usually caused by neurological abnormality, head injury or ...

  6. Mastiff Sings the Blues After Waking up From Nap and ... - AOL

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    The video is 23 seconds of Bubba singing the blues about missing her mama while wondering how she could just leave like that. Bubba's sad howls will get you right in the feelers!

  7. Sleep inertia - Wikipedia

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    Then, after 15 minutes, the brain's anterior cortical regions receive normal daytime blood flow. This 15 minute time period corresponds to the sleep inertia period. [citation needed] Studies show that drinking alcoholic beverages in the evening causes physiological distress upon wake up. This phenomenon is known colloquially as a hangover. [10 ...

  8. Cortisol awakening response - Wikipedia

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    Naps: students taking a nap of one to two hours in the early evening hours (between 6:45–8:30 p.m.) had no cortisol awakening response, suggesting cortisol awakening response only occurs after night sleep. [12] Waking up in the light: cortisol awakening response is larger when people wake up in light rather than darkness. [14] [15]

  9. Nap - Wikipedia

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    A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours. A nap is a form of biphasic or polyphasic sleep , where the latter terms also include longer periods of sleep in addition to one period.