Sara C. Mednick is a research scientist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and on faculty at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA.<ref>http://www.saramednick.com</ref> She received a PhD in psychology from Harvard University and is author of the recent book Take a Nap! Change your Life. The scientific plan to make you smarter, healthier and more productive.<ref>http://takeanap.info</ref> Her research is devoted not only to understanding how napping can improve human performance but also, through the use of such cutting-edge technology as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), to actually pinpoint the areas of the brain that underlie these improvements.

Dr. Mednick has conducted studies in conjunction with numerous academic institutions, the U.S. Navy, V.A. Medical Center and private businesses. Her research has been published in such leading scientific journals as Nature Neuroscience and The Proceedings from the National Academy of Science. She is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the National Sleep Foundation, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, the Society for Neuroscience, Vision Sciences Society and has been a featured speaker at numerous academic conferences and symposia. Her napping research and book Take a Nap! Change your Life. has been covered by CNN, Reuters TV, NPR, Business News, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports Health Journal, Reader’s Digest, The New York Times and many other major media outlets.

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