Sara Mednick, Ph.D.

UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

Dr. Sara Mednick is Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. She received her PhD in psychology from Harvard University. In 2007, she completed a three-year fellowship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA. She is the author of "Take a Nap! Change Your Life." Dr. Mednick's 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. Her napping research and book have been covered by CNN, Reuters TV, NPR, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports Health Journal, Reader's Digest, The New York Times GMA and many other major media outlets. Dr. Mednick resides in San Diego, CA

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