Therefore, no matter how your child sleeps at night — great sleeper or poor sleeper — his daily naps are critically important to release the rising sleep pressure. (nocrysolution.com)
Another key similarity between flies and humans is what is called sleep pressure. (discovermagazine.com)
This Volcano concept brings to light one more important point: Quality naps can make up for lost night sleep — but extra nighttime sleep does not make up for missed naps, due to the homeostatic sleep pressure concept. (nocrysolution.com)