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| Take naps to boost your memory |
I enjoy my Sunday afternoon nap very much. In fact, it is a pastime for me. The nap can take less than an hour or more than one hour without being interrupted. It does not interfere with my eight-hour sleep at night. Now there are more reasons for you to take naps. According to the brain researcher, Avi Karni of the University of Haifa in Israel, who instructed participants to learn a complex thumb-tapping sequence, then split the study subjects into two groups; one that napped for an hour, and one that didn’t. Those who took an afternoon snooze showed substantial improvement in their performance by that evening. After a night’s sleep, the two groups were at the same level, but the groups that slept in the afternoon improved much faster than the group that stayed awake. Further study showed just how much faster a 90-minute nap could help lock in long-term memories.
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