Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Science of Siesta

Research Finds That Napping Improves Brain Functioning..
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Let’s hear it for siesta time. What better news than to hear that taking midday naps are good for your grey matter? Companies that want smarter employees should let them take 90 minute midday nap-time. Researchers at the University of Haifa in cooperation with the Sleep Laboratory at the Sheba Medical Center and researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal recently concluded that a daytime nap changes the course of consolidation in the brain in several positive ways. This research mirrors several other recent studies with similar conclusions.
A ninety-minute daytime nap helps speed up the process of long term
memory consolidation
"We still don't know the exact mechanism
of the memory process that occurs during sleep, but the results of this
research suggest the possibility that it is possible to speed up memory
consolidation, and in the future, we may be able to do it
artificially,"

What? Artificially? Why do scientist hate REAL sleep so much?
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