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Naps Improve Memory of New Tasks
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Naps Improve Memory of New Tasks [podcast]
Want a better memory? Take more naps!
Anyone who has ever spent time with a 1-year-old both pre-nap and post-nap knows that a midday doze is good for everyone. In a recent Nature Neuroscience article, a team of Israeli and Canadian researchers provide reason #314159 for why naps are a force for good:
Two groups of participants were each taught a new skill; afterward, the people in one group were sent off for 90 minutes of zzzzz’s. From the Haifa press release:
The group that slept in the afternoon showed a distinct improvement in their task performance by that evening, as opposed to the group that stayed awake, which did not exhibit any improvement. Following an entire night's sleep, both groups exhibited the same skill level. "This part of the research showed that a daytime nap speeds up performance improvement in the brain. After a night's sleep the two groups were at the same level, but the group that slept in the afternoon improved much faster than the group that stayed awake," stressed Prof. Karni.
