NEW EVIDENCE THAT NAPS BOOST BRAIN CAPACITIES

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

nap480Mounting evidence from rigorous scientific studies reveals that power napping boosts mental performance, information processing, learning, reduces burnout and increases test scores significantly. Studies funded by The National Institute of Mental Health, overseen by Alan Hobson M.D. at Harvard show that a midday nap reverses information overload and increases learning, memory and motor skill by over 20%. Scientists now believe thatneural networks in the visual cortex of the brain gradually become saturated with information and that burnout is the brain’s mechanism for preserving information which has been processed by not ordered into memory by sleep. A nap, for more than one hour contains more rapid eye movement and result in higher test scores. In addition findings reveal a boost in creativity as well.

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  1. Donna McNulty says:

    Is there a point of diminishing returns to a power nap as it relates to the number of hours slept the night before? How does this compare to 20 minute meditations twice a day? Any similarity in overall effects? Very interesting stuff!!

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