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Taking a 90-minute nap the day of a test or presentation sounds like a ludicrous luxury. But a recent study on the brain's ability to recall facts found that napping at noon could mean a lot more brain power at 6 p.m.Photo by perpetualplum.

Sometimes the best way to find behavior patterns is to plot them out on a graph. Yawnlog helps identify your sleep problems by displaying your snooze data in chart-form.

iPhone only: Getting jolted awake by your alarm in the middle of a great dream is a drag. The Sleep Cycle app watches your slumbers and wakes you when you're lightly dozing, instead of right before you win the lottery.

Some bedrooms catch a lot of sleep-disturbing light at night, but many sleepers like to wake up with a bit of natural light. Meet the morning halfway with a hotel-style setup of curtains over sheers, as suggested by Apartment Therapy.

If you're sick and tired of typing in your password every time your PC comes out of sleep mode, there's a simple tweak you can do to prevent it from happening again.

Daylight saving time means shorter days and less exposure to the positive mood-boosting effects of natural sunlight. Fend off the winter blahs with this killer DIY lamp that uses LED lights to simulate the soothing effects of sunrise and sunset.

If you've been waking up feeling like you might have been fighting off a zombie horde in your sleep, it might be time to start tracking your sleep patterns to get to the bottom of things.

Game addictions, all-night crams, and television catch-up marathons will probably cost you in Kleenex. That's according to a recent (and cruel) study that exposed both under-slept and fully-rested people to cold viruses and measured if and when they fell ill. Photo by sunshinecity.

If you're looking for soothing tracks to help your sleep or fill your work space, Sound Sleeping offers you the ability to mix your own custom track. We introduced you to Sound Sleeping back in 2006. Since then they've revamped their sound mixer to include some additional source sounds and abilities.

The early bird may get the worm, but there's something to be said about burning the midnight oil. In fact, according to a new study, staying up later and longer may increase alertness and productivity more than being an early riser. Photo by myyorgda. According to the study as reported by Scientific American: