What Happened When Musicians Slept 90 Minutes More

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of an additional 90 minutes of sleep on music performance, drawing parallels with athletic preparation.

Sleep and recovery is an aspect of preparation that athletes prioritize, with teams hiring sleep consultants, and many athletes going to great lengths to ensure they’re getting enough sleep. And studies suggest that this investment of time is very much worth their while, when it comes to high-level performance. But how much of a difference would an additional 90 minutes of sleep make when it comes to music performance? Get all the nerdy details and see what happened when a group of music stud...

People in this episode

Host: Noa Kageyama

Topics covered

• sleep
• music performance
• recovery
• athlete preparation
• study results

Keywords

• sleep
• music performance
• recovery
• athletes
• study
• performance enhancement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: athletes, sleep consultants, music

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