'restorative function' is correct and usable in written English.
It typically refers to activities or processes which restore something to its original condition or purpose. For example, "In order to protect the environment, we must focus on restoring its natural restorative functions."
Professor Lynn said in an interview: "He fulfilled a restorative function we desperately needed.
In light of the recent data showing our work force to be significantly sleep-deprived, the restorative function of sleep needs to gain the same respect that we have accorded the restorative function of eating.
Findings suggest the restorative function of supervision is most valued and is facilitated in an environment where humanistic principles of non-judgement, empathy and trust are clearly present.
Because the overall activity of the individual in stage 4 is greatly reduced, it has been suggested by some researchers that stage 4 (and perhaps also stage 3) sleep serves a restorative function.
Additionally, studies have shown that in the typical individual physical exhaustion does not lead to increases in stage 4 sleep as might be expected if it were serving a restorative function.
It is suggested that the restorative function of CS should be prioritised within future developments and models which view this function as a key purpose of CS should be explored.
Natural sleep has restorative functions – in sleep it detoxes the neurotoxic waste that accumulates when you're awake.
(Hogenesch noted that "booting up the restorative functions of sleep" may be more complicated than it seems. "It's not simply an absence of activity," he said).
Both emphasise the normative, formative and restorative functions of CS as task areas within an overarching humanistic supervisory approach.
However, increased sedation results in disrupted sleep architecture that may impede the normal restorative functions of sleep.
It explains some of the ways in which residential location, the design and furnishing of housing, and various activities that people situate in their residential context can support restorative functions.
