The term power nap has taken on new meaning. A recent Harvard study shows that sleeping can directly help you learn new information.
100 volunteers took a test on a computer, requiring them to navigate a maze. They took the test a second time after a 5 hour break, some having taken a nap, and some not. The group that had remained awake improved their test time by 26 seconds, and the group that napped improved their test time by an average of 188 seconds. And the most interesting thing was that four students from the second group had dreamed about the test, and their test time improved 10 times as much as the non-dreamers.
So what does this mean, exactly? It means that sleep helps us process and integrate new information, and our dreams sort of super-charge the process. So if you are trying to solve a business problem, do some basic research and then get a little sleep. You may wake up with the answers you’re looking for.
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