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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE" title="দিবানিদ্রা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দিবানিদ্রা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh%C3%B9n-t%C3%A0u" title="Khùn-tàu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Khùn-tàu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сиеста – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Сиеста" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сиеста – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сиеста" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migdiada" title="Migdiada – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Migdiada" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сиеста – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сиеста" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Μεσημβρινός ύπνος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεσημβρινός ύπνος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesto" title="Siesto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Siesto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="خواب نیمروزی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خواب نیمروزی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieste" title="Sieste – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sieste" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesta" title="Sesta – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sesta" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B7%E0%AA%BF" title="વામકુક્ષિ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વામકુક્ષિ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80" title="시에스타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시에스타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1" title="Սիեստա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սիեստա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" title="झपकी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="झपकी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidur_siang" title="Tidur siang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tidur siang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="שנת צהריים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שנת צהריים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="სიესტა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სიესტა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexta" title="Sexta – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sexta" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szieszta" title="Szieszta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szieszta" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjesta" title="Sjesta – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Sjesta" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%ABsta" title="Siësta – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Siësta" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF" title="シエスタ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シエスタ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjesta" title="Sjesta – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sjesta" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesta" title="Sesta – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sesta" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siest%C4%83" title="Siestă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Siestă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сиеста – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сиеста" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сиеста – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Сиеста" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ACnnica" title="Pìnnica – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Pìnnica" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Сијеста – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Сијеста" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta" title="Siesta – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Siesta" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Siesta_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Siesta (disambiguation)">Siesta (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg/330px-Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg/500px-Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg/960px-Die_H%C3%A4ngematte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2536" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption>A painting of a young woman taking a <i>siesta</i>. (<i>The hammock</i>, <a href="/wiki/Gustave_Courbet" title="Gustave Courbet">Gustave Courbet</a> (1844))</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pihen%C5%91_a_sz%C5%91l%C5%91hegyen._Fortepan_57116.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pihen%C5%91_a_sz%C5%91l%C5%91hegyen._Fortepan_57116.jpg/250px-Pihen%C5%91_a_sz%C5%91l%C5%91hegyen._Fortepan_57116.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pihen%C5%91_a_sz%C5%91l%C5%91hegyen._Fortepan_57116.jpg/500px-Pihen%C5%91_a_sz%C5%91l%C5%91hegyen._Fortepan_57116.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3773" data-file-height="2742" /></a><figcaption>People taking a siesta in a haystack, <a href="/wiki/Lendava" title="Lendava">Lendava</a>, Yugoslavia, 1957</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/siesta" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:siesta"> siesta</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <p>A <b>siesta</b> (from Spanish, pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈsjesta]</a></span> and meaning "nap") is a short <a href="/wiki/Nap" title="Nap">nap</a> taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday <a href="/wiki/Meal" title="Meal">meal</a>. Such a period of <a href="/wiki/Sleep" title="Sleep">sleep</a> is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those in warm-weather zones. The "siesta" can refer to the nap itself, or more generally to a period of the day, generally between 2 and 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. This period is used for sleep, as well as leisure, midday meals, or other activities. </p><p>Siestas are historically common throughout the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Basin">Mediterranean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>. The siesta is an old tradition in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and, through Spanish influence, in most of <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> word <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">siesta</i></span> is originally derived from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> phrase <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">[hora] sexta</i></span> ('sixth [hour]', counting from dawn, hence "midday rest"). </p><p>Factors explaining the geographical distribution of the modern siesta are warm temperatures and heavy intake of food at midday meals. Combined, these two factors contribute to the feeling of <a href="/wiki/Post-lunch_drowsiness" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-lunch drowsiness">post-lunch drowsiness</a>. In many countries that practice the siesta, the summer heat can be unbearable in the early afternoon, making a midday break at home welcome. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg/200px-Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg/300px-Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg/400px-Children_sleeping_in_the_schools_in_Cuba.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Children taking a siesta at school in <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_de_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinidad de Cuba">Trinidad de Cuba</a> </figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biological_need_for_naps">Biological need for naps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siesta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biological need for naps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The timing of sleep in humans depends upon a balance between <a href="/wiki/Homeostatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeostatic">homeostatic</a> sleep propensity, the need for sleep as a function of the amount of time elapsed since the last adequate sleep episode, and <a href="/wiki/Circadian_rhythm" title="Circadian rhythm">circadian rhythms</a> which determine the ideal timing of a correctly structured and restorative sleep episode. The homeostatic pressure to sleep starts growing upon awakening. The <a href="/wiki/Circadian_rhythm" title="Circadian rhythm">circadian</a> signal for wakefulness starts building in the (late) afternoon. As professor of <a href="/wiki/Sleep_medicine" title="Sleep medicine">sleep medicine</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Czeisler" title="Charles Czeisler">Charles Czeisler</a> notes, "the circadian system is set up in a beautiful way to override the homeostatic drive for sleep."<sup id="cite_ref-Czeisler-Lambert_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Czeisler-Lambert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus, in many people, there is a dip when the drive for sleep has been building for hours and the drive for wakefulness has not yet started. This is, again quoting Czeisler, "a great time for a nap".<sup id="cite_ref-Czeisler-Lambert_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Czeisler-Lambert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The drive for wakefulness intensifies through the evening, making it difficult to get to sleep 2–3 hours before one's usual bedtime when the <i><a href="/wiki/Wake_maintenance_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Wake maintenance zone">wake maintenance zone</a></i> ends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_different_countries">In different countries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siesta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In different countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Business_hours_Greece.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Business_hours_Greece.JPG/170px-Business_hours_Greece.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Business_hours_Greece.JPG/255px-Business_hours_Greece.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Business_hours_Greece.JPG/340px-Business_hours_Greece.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2510" data-file-height="3139" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dentist" title="Dentist">Dentist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pharmacist" title="Pharmacist">pharmacist</a> sharing similar business hours on the island of <a href="/wiki/Lipsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Lipsi">Lipsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Taking a long lunch break including a nap is common in a number of Mediterranean, <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropical</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropical</a> countries. The <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> of 13 February 2007 reports at length on studies in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> that indicate that those who nap have less risk of heart attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and a growing number of other countries, a short sleep has been referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Power_nap" title="Power nap">power nap</a>", a term coined by <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> social psychologist <a href="/wiki/James_Maas" title="James Maas">James Maas</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recognized by other research scientists such as <a href="/wiki/Sara_Mednick" title="Sara Mednick">Sara Mednick</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as in the popular press.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siesta is also practiced in some still colder regions, such as <a href="/wiki/Patagonia" title="Patagonia">Patagonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The power nap is called <i>riposo</i> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Italy" title="Northern Italy">Northern Italy</a> and <i>pennichella</i> or <i>pisolino</i> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">Southern Italy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It used to be the custom in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Adam_Olearius" title="Adam Olearius">Adam Olearius</a> stating such was "the custom of the Countrey, where sleep is as necessary after <a href="/wiki/Lunch" title="Lunch">Dinner</a> as in the Night".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One source of hostility toward <a href="/wiki/False_Dmitriy_I" class="mw-redirect" title="False Dmitriy I">False Dmitriy I</a> was that he did not "...indulge in the siesta."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 535">: 535 </span></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">Southern Italy</a>, the siesta is called <i>controra</i> (from contro ("counter") + ora "hour") that is considered a magical time of the day, in which the world comes back into the possession of ghosts and spirits. In <a href="/wiki/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a> (coastal <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>), the traditional afternoon nap is known as <i>pižolot</i> (from Venetian <i>pixolotto</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Egypt, as with other <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle Eastern</a> countries, government workers typically work for six hours a day, six days a week. Due to this schedule, workers do not eat lunch at work, but instead leave work around 2 pm and eat their main meal, which is the heaviest, at lunchtime. Following the heavy lunch, they take a taaseela or nap and have tea upon waking up. For dinner, they usually have a smaller meal. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Einhard" title="Einhard">Einhard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Charlemagne" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Charlemagne">Life of Charlemagne</a></i> describes the emperor's summertime siestas: "In summer, after his midday meal, he would eat some fruit and take another drink; then he would remove his shoes and undress completely, just as he did at night, and rest for two or three hours."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, taking a nap after lunch, known as 午睡 (noon sleep), is a common practice among people. Surveys indicate that about two-thirds of the Chinese population habitually takes afternoon naps, with the average duration being approximately 30 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain">Spain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siesta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Missing_information plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>is missing information</b> about the geographic distribution of the practice within Spain.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Siesta" title="Talk:Siesta">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In modern Spain, the midday nap during the working week is being gradually abandoned among the adult working population.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a 2009 survey, 16.2 percent of <a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">Spaniards</a> polled claimed to take a nap "daily", whereas 22 percent did so "sometimes", 3.2 percent "weekends only" and the remainder, 58.6 percent, "never". The share of those who claimed to have a nap daily had diminished by 7 percent compared to a previous poll in 1998. Nearly three out of four siesta-takers claimed to take siestas on the sofa rather than the bed. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Day_Sleepers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Day_Sleepers.jpg/250px-Day_Sleepers.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Day_Sleepers.jpg/500px-Day_Sleepers.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption>Two men taking an afternoon siesta in a deserted square of <a href="/wiki/Coru%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Coruña">Coruña</a>, Spain,<br />May 2005.</figcaption></figure> <p>The habit is more likely among the elderly or during summer holidays, in order to avoid the high temperatures of the day and extend social life until the cooler late evenings and nights.<sup id="cite_ref-Verne_–_elpais.com_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verne_–_elpais.com-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>English-language media often conflates the siesta with the two to three hour <a href="/wiki/Lunch_break" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunch break">lunch break</a> that is characteristic of Spanish working hours,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even though the working population is less likely to have time for a siesta and the two events are not necessarily connected. In fact, the average Spaniard works longer hours than almost all their European counterparts (typically 11-hour days, from 9 am to 8 pm).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Working_time#Average_annual_hours_per_worker" title="Working time"><span title="This text contradicts material at the article 'Working time#Average annual hours per worker'. (March 2021)">contradictory</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As for the origins of the practice in Spain, the scorching summer heat predominant mostly in the South is thought to have motivated those doing agrarian work to take a break to avoid the hottest part of the day and be able to work longer hours when it is cooler. In cities, the economic situation in Spain during the post-<a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> years was dismal. At that time, a long midday break—with or without a siesta—was necessary for those commuting between the part-time jobs which were common in the sputtering economy. This situation was soon followed by the advent of a modern economy and <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">urbanization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cardiovascular_benefits">Cardiovascular benefits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siesta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cardiovascular benefits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:(Barcelona)_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg/220px-%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg/330px-%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg/440px-%28Barcelona%29_La_Migdiata_-_Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_i_Alsina_-_Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5719" data-file-height="5435" /></a><figcaption><i>La Siesta</i>, <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Mart%C3%AD_Alsina" title="Ramon Martí Alsina">Ramon Martí Alsina</a> (<a href="/wiki/Museu_Nacional_d%27Art_de_Catalunya" title="Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya">MNAC</a>).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg/220px-Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg/330px-Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg/440px-Mexico_trip_2007_2_974.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Dogs taking a siesta in <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_las_Casas" title="San Cristóbal de las Casas">San Cristóbal de las Casas</a>, Mexico</figcaption></figure> <p>The siesta habit has been associated with a 37 percent reduction in <a href="/wiki/Coronary" title="Coronary">coronary</a> mortality, possibly due to reduced <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">cardiovascular</a> stress mediated by daytime sleep.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaskaOikonomouTrichopoulouPsaltopoulou2007_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaskaOikonomouTrichopoulouPsaltopoulou2007-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Epidemiology" title="Epidemiology">Epidemiological</a> studies on the relations between cardiovascular health and siesta have led to conflicting conclusions, possibly because of poor control of confounding variables, such as physical activity. It is possible that people who take a siesta have different physical activity habits, for example, waking earlier and scheduling more activity during the morning. Such differences in physical activity may lead to different 24-hour profiles in cardiovascular function. 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(2007). "Siesta in healthy adults and coronary mortality in the general population". <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i>. <b>167</b> (3): 167, <span class="nowrap">296–</span>301. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1001%2Farchinte.167.3.296">10.1001/archinte.167.3.296</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17296887">17296887</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Archives+of+Internal+Medicine&rft.atitle=Siesta+in+healthy+adults+and+coronary+mortality+in+the+general+population&rft.volume=167&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=167%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E296-%3C%2Fspan%3E301&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1001%2Farchinte.167.3.296&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F17296887&rft.aulast=Naska&rft.aufirst=A.&rft.au=Oikonomou%2C+E.&rft.au=Trichopoulou%2C+A.&rft.au=Psaltopoulou%2C+T.&rft.au=Trichopoulos%2C+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiesta" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFZaregarizi2012" class="citation book cs1">Zaregarizi, MohammadReza (March 2012). <i>Effects of Exercise & Daytime Sleep on Human Haemodynamics: With Focus on Changes in Cardiovascular Function during Daytime Sleep Onset</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-8484-1726-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-8484-1726-1"><bdi>978-3-8484-1726-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Effects+of+Exercise+%26+Daytime+Sleep+on+Human+Haemodynamics%3A+With+Focus+on+Changes+in+Cardiovascular+Function+during+Daytime+Sleep+Onset&rft.date=2012-03&rft.isbn=978-3-8484-1726-1&rft.aulast=Zaregarizi&rft.aufirst=MohammadReza&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiesta" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siesta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFZaregariziEdwardsGeorgeHarrison2007" class="citation journal cs1">Zaregarizi, Mohammad Reza; Edwards, Ben; George, Keith; Harrison, Yvonne; Jones, Helen; Atkinson, Greg (2007). 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