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The unit of performance in these studies is reaction time, which isn't a useful measure in a field like programming or design.


That is incorrect. There are also metrics regarding "microevents", which are points in time during which brainwaves momentarily exhibit the characteristics of the first stages of sleep. This is effectively a measure of how often the subject is starting to "nod off". The napping group showed far fewer of these events.




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