People have the tendency to get sleepy in the afternoon programmed into their internal clocks, says Dr. Brown. Napping, however, is considered by many to be a sign of weakness. There is a certain cultural bias against napping. Thomas Edison espoused the view that sleeping was a weakness in people and that strong, industrious people should be able to sleep less and accomplish more in the time not spent sleeping, Dr. Brown says. That is not true.
Sleep is an essential physiological state.
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