more stressful; the only sane response may be to take a nap. While most people who gain notoriety have caused harm to others, Sara Mednick is working to make our lives better, and for this she is the 2008 Tuesday Morning Quarterback Person of the Year." References External links Take a Nap! Change Your Life (Workman, 2006) . Siesta Time Article in The Economist about the restorative power of mid-day naps on visual performance tests. Take a Nap, Dr. Mednick's website Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American neuroscientists American women neuroscientists Sleep researchers Circadian rhythm University of California, Riverside faculty Harvard University alumni 21st-century American women