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However, evidence on its short\u2010term time course and physiological responses remains limited. This study examined the effects of a brief NSDR session on perceptual, cognitive, physical, and physiological outcomes in physically active young adults. In a parallel\u2010group design, 102 participants (mean age: 22\u2009\u00b1\u20093\u2009years) were randomly allocated to either a 10\u2010min guided NSDR protocol (n\u2009=\u200951) or a control condition (n\u2009=\u200951). Perceptual outcomes included sleepiness, fatigue, readiness to perform, as well as muscular stress, lack of activation, negative emotional state, overall stress, physical performance capacity, mental performance capacity, emotional balance and overall recovery (short recovery and stress scale), alongside cognitive (Simon task) and physical (handgrip strength and countermovement jump) performance assessed at baseline, immediately, 20\u2009min and 40\u2009min post\u2010intervention. Physiological responses (heart rate, heart rate variability and skin temperature) were recorded continuously during the intervention. Linear mixed\u2010effects models showed that NSDR resulted in significant Group\u2009\u00d7\u2009Time improvements across perceptual measures, including reduced sleepiness (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.009,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.03), fatigue (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.001,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.05), stress (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.005,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.04) and lack of activation (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.011,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.04), alongside enhanced mental performance capacity (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.008,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.04) and overall recovery (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.014,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.03) compared to control. Reaction time in the Simon task (Group\u2009\u00d7\u2009Time:\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001,\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      \u03b7\n                      <jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.07) was enhanced in the NSDR group immediately post\u2010intervention (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.012), while no differences were observed at later assessments. Physiological responses showed a significant Group\u2009\u00d7\u2009Time interaction for heart rate, indicating a greater relative reduction during NSDR compared to control, alongside a smaller rise in skin temperature in the NSDR condition (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.05). No significant effects were observed for physical performance outcomes (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&gt;\u2009.05). These findings suggest that NSDR was associated with consistent improvements in perceptual outcomes, while cognitive findings were transient and physiological findings were modest and should be interpreted cautiously. These results support further evaluation of NSDR as a brief, time\u2010efficient acute rest intervention.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/aphw.70180","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T15:40:43Z","timestamp":1782920443000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Time course of perceptual, cognitive, physical and physiological responses to a single non\u2010sleep deep rest session in physically active young adults"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2861-0164","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Omar","family":"Boukhris","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport La Trobe University  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haresh","family":"Suppiah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport La Trobe University  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manel","family":"Kerkeni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport La Trobe University  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Holt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport La Trobe University  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9990-8830","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew","family":"Driller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport La Trobe University  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.xcrm.2022.100895"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/aphw.12571"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07420528.2025.2597953"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-023-01920-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5114\/biolsport.2026.153310"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/su15054264"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Datta K. 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