Sara Mednick, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist and professor of psychology in the department of cognitive sciences at University of California, Irvine, and author of The Power of the Downstate: Recharge Your Life Using Your Body’s Own Restorative Systems and Take a Nap! Change Your Life. She is director of the UC Irvine Sleep and Cognition (SaC) Lab. SaraMednick.com
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As a neuroscientist and director of the Sleep and Cognition Lab at University of California, Irvine, Sara C. Mednick, PhD,…
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