Using methodology developed at NASA, the team tracked 10 passengers traveling from Los Angeles to Auckland with technology designed to continually measure brain, eye, muscle and heart rate activity, as well as performance and mood.
In addition to intensive in-flight monitoring, passengers participated in constant performance tests facilitated through a hand-held device. Testing began two days before travelers left on their trip and continued two days after their return.
The results of the study are groundbreaking - check them out below!
High Performance
- On the last day of vacation, travelers demonstrated 82% better performance than prior to vacation
- Travelers' post-vacation performance improved nearly 25% compared to performance before vacation
- People age 45 and older had 50% better post-vacation performance
- Travelers with a companion had 50% better performance than those without
Travelers Happy & Relaxed
- 68% of participants reported less stress during their vacation
- 40% experienced less stress during their flights
Health and Rejuvenation
- Travelers received three times more deep sleep after their vacation
- Travelers slept one hour more while in New Zealand than at home, in the US
- Individuals slept 34 minutes less the night before leaving on their trip than compared to all other sleep periods at home
- Travelers continued to get almost 20 minutes more sleep post-vacation than pre-vacation
- Travelers received their best sleep (about 1 extra hour) the first night back from vacation
Women vs. Men
- Men had 29% fewer lapses of stress post-vacation than pre-vacation
- Women had 18% fewer lapses of stress post-vacation than pre-vacation
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