An interesting graph from an old (1993) paper nicely illustrates the role of sleep in expert performance:

Sleeping Your Way to the Top

sweatscience.runnersworld.com 06 Aug '12, 10am

An interesting graph from an old (1993) paper nicely illustrates the role of sleep in expert performance:

Okay, this isn't exactly breaking news -- it's from a 1993 paper that I was reading today for an article I'm working on. It shows the sleep patterns of three groups of violinists from the Music Academy of West Berlin: one group of students with exceptional promise for a solo career, another of "good" students, and a third group of violinists who were going to become music teachers (presumably because they weren't good enough to become soloists): The paper is famous because it's one of the first to introduce Anders Ericsson's concept of "deliberate practice" and what has become known as the 10,000-hour rule. (The "best" students, along with a control group of actual professional soloists, are shown to have accumulated about 10,000 hours of deliberate practice by the age of 10, compared to about 8,000 hours for the "good" students and 5,000 hours for the teachers.) But the s...

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@myshehri » 24 Aug '12, 1pm
“@drmlb: "Getting adequate sleep isn't a luxury;...if you want to be at your best." [link]” " تحتاج فترات نوم كافية لكي تبدع"
@drsteventucker » 24 Aug '12, 12pm
Well said! RT @drmlb: "Getting adequate sleep isn't a luxury; it's a choice you make if you want to be at your best." [link]
@mygraphs » 13 Aug '12, 6pm
Get your sleep! [link] #graphs #dataviz #sleep
@mrdannyjohnson » 12 Aug '12, 3pm
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@reiver » 11 Aug '12, 5am
RT @harpersnotes: sleep and expertise ("An interesting graph from an old (1993) paper..", via @sweatscience), [link] (naps matter)
@Somniumbeds » 08 Aug '12, 9pm
RT @DrCanapari: Sleeping Your Way to the Top [link] Classic article on the relationship between sleep, practice, and performance.
@DrCanapari » 08 Aug '12, 9pm
Sleeping Your Way to the Top [link] Classic article on the relationship between sleep, practice, and performance.
@KristyH5 » 07 Aug '12, 7pm
RT @JasonFitz1: Sleep your way to the top! (no, really) [link] via @sweatscience
@JasonFitz1 » 07 Aug '12, 7pm
Sleep your way to the top! (no, really) [link] via @sweatscience
@jenwaak » 07 Aug '12, 6pm
Sleeping Your Way to the Top | Sweat Science [link] <-- The more accomplished really do sleep more.
@Whiteoaksclub » 07 Aug '12, 10am
Great reminder about the importance of sleep on performance. Apparently napping can help! [link]
@doctordarian » 07 Aug '12, 2am
Sleeping Your Way to the Top. Sleep matters. [link]
@varunbaria » 06 Aug '12, 11pm
"Getting adequate #sleep isn't a luxury; it's a choice you make if you want to be at your best." [link]
@apbannigan » 06 Aug '12, 4pm
Validation for 9 hrs of sleep per night! Literally sleeping your way to the top, not "sleeping" MT @runnersworld [link]
@thek2 » 06 Aug '12, 2pm
This was my downfall while racing, now I make sure my athletes are "lazy" - Sleeping = Success [link] via @sweatscience
@joespring » 06 Aug '12, 2pm
On sleep and practice, a quick point from @sweatscience [link]
@harpersnotes » 06 Aug '12, 2pm
sleep and expertise ("An interesting graph from an old (1993) paper..", via @sweatscience), [link] (naps matter)
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Sweat Science: [link] via @RunnersWorld
@DaveMont » 06 Aug '12, 11am
"@sweatscience: graph from a paper illustrates the role of sleep in performance: [link]" @lucymck14 dont hate me coz I sleep..
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Sleeping Your Way to the Top - [link]
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An interesting graph from an old (1993) paper nicely illustrates the role of sleep in expert performance: [link]
@JuiceRunLoose » 08 Aug '12, 1am
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RT @JasonFitz1: Sleep your way to the top! (no, really) [link] via @sweatscience
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