New Research Shows 6-Minute Catnap Sharpens Memory
Maybe Next Time You’ll Remember Boss Was Coming Back in Five Minutes
New research, conducted almost exclusively with fired workers, shows that a short nap during the day can sharpen your memory.
University of Dusseldorf researchers were surprised to find that sleeping as little as six minutes a day could enhance mental functioning. And they were downright ecstatic to find they could get paid to play video games and watch people sleep.
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Chances are your boss isn’t impressed with new sleep study
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Scientists say the exact connection between sleep and memory is unclear but hypothesize that “the brain uses sleep as a time to consolidate memories and to choose which details to park in a permanent file. ”
Dr. Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center in Minneapolis notes that, “just like the hard drive on a computer, the parts of the brain set aside for long-term memory storage can only accommodate so much porn, er, um … data.”
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