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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tina Greco - Melbourne on February 17, 2008, 08:44:22 AM
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A daytime nap enhances your memory
A brief bout of non-REM sleep (45 minutes) obtained during a daytime nap clearly benefits a person's declarative memory performance, according to a study published in the February 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
The study, authored by Matthew A Tucker, PhD, of the Center for Sleep and Cognition and the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, discovered that, across three very different declarative memory tasks, a nap benefited performance compared to comparable periods of wakefulness, but only for those subjects that strongly acquired the tasks during the training session.
"These results suggest that there is a threshold acquisition level that has to be obtained for sleep to optimally process the memory," said Dr Tucker.
"The importance of this finding is that sleep may not indiscriminately process all information we acquire during wakefulness, only the information we learn well."
It is recommended that adults get between seven and eight hours of nightly sleep.
Those who suspect that they might be suffering from a sleep disorder are encouraged to consult their GP or a sleep specialist.
Adapted from materials from American Academy of Sleep Medicine,
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So does nicotine
ScienceDaily (Apr. 5, 2007) — While nicotine is highly addictive, researchers have also shown the drug to enhance learning and memory--a property that has launched efforts to develop nicotine-like drugs to treat cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, schizophrenia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070404162413.htm
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabb-t, is soo benificul.
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabbat, is soo benificul.
Do some Jews nod off in Synagogue?
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabbat, is soo benificul.
Do some Jews nod off in Synagogue?
No. But after having one of the meals, theirs an inclination to sleep.
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabbat, is soo benificul.
Do some Jews nod off in Synagogue?
It would not surprise me.
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabbat, is soo benificul.
Do some Jews nod off in Synagogue?
It would not surprise me.
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I heard this before, I belive that this study was origionally discovered in Israel. Thats why taking a nap during Shabbat, is soo benificul.
Do some Jews nod off in Synagogue?
It would not surprise me.
???
You have never been to one here...............
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sound nice, but i can't even sleep at night....let alone nap. But i guess that comes with age eh? :::D
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sound nice, but i can't even sleep at night....let alone nap. But i guess that comes with age eh? :::D
yes same here ;D :D
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I will admit I do have a Nanny Nap around 2 pm :-[
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sound nice, but i can't even sleep at night....let alone nap. But i guess that comes with age eh? :::D
I have the same problem. >:(
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sound nice, but i can't even sleep at night....let alone nap. But i guess that comes with age eh? :::D
I have the same problem. >:(
i guess it's a right-wing thing :::D :::D