Its almost thanksgiving and all of us are thinking about that nap after we eat a lot of turkey.DR William Fishbein a cognitive neuroscientist did a study that shows that naps can boost a sophiscticated kind of memory that helps us " see the big picture and get creative". Scientists now are focusing on quality of sleep and less on duration. They say that sleep and often naps can help the brain process memories so they stick. When we take power naps,its is a good time for slow wave sleep to emerge. this keeps our brains working to solve problems and come up with new ideas. Dr Fishbein devised a test that involved taking 20 english - speaking college students.and taught them chineese words with two characters. Half of the students took a nap being minitered to make sure they didnt move from slow wave into REM sleep. After the nap they took a multiple choice test of chinese word they never saw before. The nappers did much better at memorizing the first of the two pair characters in the words than the non nappers.From this the Dr could see that in a 90 minute nap can boost forms of memory. Even a 12 minute nap can do the same for SOME of the froms he claims. So when you indulge all of that good turkey in two days, dont feel bad if you take a nice napafter because remember, it can help us be more creative and boost forms of memories.
4 comments:
Nice who would have thought that taking a nap not only is healthy for our body but it is good for our brain and memory. I found that the test the Doctor did with the Chinese words with the characters was amazing that the half that took the nap did much better than the ones who didn’t. I never knew that even a 12 minute nap could help a person out. I guess next time that I have a test I will study and then take a nap that way I could remember more of the information and do better. Sleeping is a good thing.
Personally i am an avid napper basically if i have the time i am going to take a nap. I am glad to hear that it can help your memory. I have also hear that it can mess with your metabolism. This is just something that i heard for someone else nothing i have ever looked up so dont quote me on that but something to look in to.
I need to show my dad this article. He always yells at me for taking naps during the day but I bet he doesn't knnow that it is good for our memory. Now I don't feel so bad for taking a lot of naps.
Nice blog! Thats great news napping can improve memory because 1. I have an awful memory and 2. I love to nap! My whole family loves to nap they would get a kick out of this. We all take those after holiday naps, food and family is tiring! Good Job!
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