California ER doctor Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe MD on TikTok, has gone viral on the platform after sharing a military-inspired technique for powering down for a power nap.

King didn’t realize she had settled naturally into the napping routine that sleep experts recommend. Or that researchers say short naps improve motor skills, enhance memory and boost creativity ...

2019). For older adults, daytime napping has shown benefits for daytime sleepiness, overall speed and accuracy of performance on motor tasks, and learning and memory. On top of that, it does not ...

explains that a power-nap of 20 minutes contains something called ‘Stage-Two sleep’ which is good for boosting attention, memory, and motor skills. As your brain enters sleep, it appears to ...

The study sheds light on how sleep, specifically a short nap, influences brain activity associated with motor skill improvement, with implications for optimizing rehabilitation strategies.