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Taking an afternoon nap at the desk dramatically improves workers’performance, according to research by Nasa.

　　Bosses should welcome the sight of staff slumped over their keyboards because when they wake up their performance will increase by 35 per cent and their ability to judge the right business decisions by 50 per cent, the space research agency claims.

　　However, they should sleep for only 45 minutes. Any longer and they risk fallingsintosa deep sleep and will wake up groggy.

　　The research was aimed originally at predicting the performance of astronauts on long missions. However, the scientist behind the study said that the same results had been achieved by office workers performing less glamorous tasks.

　　Mark Rosekind, chief scientist of California-based Alertness Solutions, said that many managers believed it was an admission of weakness to give in to tiredness.“It is a false myth that if you spend more hours awake you are more productive,”he said.

　　Most people suffer a decline in their alertness between 3pm and 5pm, when they would most benefit from taking a nap. Mr Rosekind said that napping was especially important in safety-critical jobs, such as piloting passenger jets on long-haul flights.“Controlled rest on the flight deck improves alertness in the final critical phase,”he said.

　　Maximum alertness was normally achieved from 9-11am and 9-11pm, Mr Rosekind said.

　　美国太空总署的一份研究报告指出，打工仔每天午睡不超过45分钟，不仅可以大大提高工作效率，甚至可以帮助老板赚大钱。

　　小睡上限45分钟

　　这项研究称，老板见到员工工作时午睡不应该生气，因为他们睡一觉后即可“充足电”，工作效率将提高35%，作出正确商业决定的能力也会激增50%。不过，午睡时间以45分钟为上限，如果走过这一界线，员工将可能因为睡得太熟而变得精神迷糊，反而会影响工作。

　　这项研究本来是用以测量长期任务对太空人工作表现的影响，但套用在白领员工的身上也得出了相同的结果。科学家罗金德表示，这一结论恰恰粉碎了醒是項研究本用以測量長期任務對太空人工作表現的影響，但套用在白領員工身上也得出了同樣的結果。科學家羅金德表示，這恰恰粉碎了醒的时间愈长，生产力就越高的假象。

　　最佳睡眠时间：3至5时

　　据了解，大多数人在下午3时至5时的注意力会下降，这段时间他们最好小睡片刻。罗金德说：“这对长途客机机师等从事生死攸关行业的人士特别管用，分段小睡能有效改善机师在关键时刻的集中能力。”