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Article: `Sleep on it' may be a lesson worth heeding
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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`Sleep on it' may be a lesson worth heeding
6 hours or more of rest each night improves memory, study finds
By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
New York Times
Monday, May 1, 2000
Scientists have discovered a new link between sleep and memory
that seriously challenges the wisdom of skimping on time spent
sleeping.
Experiments show that when people learn a new skill, their
performance does not improve until after they have had more than six
and preferably eight hours of sleep. Without adequate sleep,
researchers say, skills and even new factual information may not get
properly encoded into the brain's memory circuits. Moreover, a
person's intelligence may be less important than a good night's sleep
in forming ...