Turns out, even adults can benefit from some daytime downtime.

事實證明，即使是成年人也能受益從一些白天的休息時間。

A power nap can improve performance in reaction time, logical reasoning, symbol recognition, and, of course, one's mood.

小睡一下可以提高反應時間的表現。邏輯推理、符號識別 當然，還有自己的心情。

In addition, the length of a nap offers different benefits.

此外，小睡的時間長短也有不同的好處。

When you're asleep, parts of your brain that are inactive during waking hours begin to fire up.

當你睡覺時，你的大腦的一部分在醒著的時候不活動的人開始發力。

These regions pull information and events from your day and process them.

這些區域拉動資訊和事件從你的日常工作中提取並處理它們。

The trick is keeping your naps brief enough, or long enough, so that you don't wake up in the middle of a sleep cycle and feel groggy or fatigued.

訣竅是使你的小睡足夠短暫，或足夠長。以便你不會在睡眠週期中醒來 並感到昏昏沉沉或疲憊不堪。

Great nap.

偉大的午睡。

It really was.

這真的是。

A University of Michigan study had one group of participants take a 60-minute snooze, while a comparison group watched a nature documentary.

密歇根大學的一項研究讓一組參與者打了60分鐘的瞌睡。 而對比組則觀看了一部自然紀錄片。

The midday nappers were better able to deal with frustration and were less impulsive than those who watched the documentary.

中午睡覺的人能夠更好地處理挫折問題並不那麼衝動 比看了紀錄片的人更多。

But most of us can't check out for 60 minutes in the middle of the day.

但我們中的大多數人無法檢查出在一天中的60分鐘內。

Enter the power nap, a quick snooze that lasts between 10 to 30 minutes.

進入動力小憩。一個持續10至30分鐘的快速打盹。

Research has shown that even a 6-minute nap can improve long-term memory.

研究表明，即使是6分鐘的午睡可以改善長期記憶。

But, remember, napping only works during the right window; don't catch your Z's after 3 p.m., or you could disrupt your regular nighttime sleep cycle.

但請記住，午睡只在合適的窗口期才有效。下午3點後不要再去追趕你的Z。 否則你可能會破壞你正常的夜間睡眠週期。