Friday, June 27, 2014

The Impact of Sleep on Learning

More fascinating scientific support for what the wise probably have always known regarding the value of sleep:

Research teams from the U.S. and China have discovered some of the ways in which sleep consolidates memory and learning. In the study, the scientists were able to actually see new connections being formed while we (or in this case, mice) sleep. The study also found that getting more sleep led to higher performance than training more and sleeping less.

Then there is the growing awareness of the importance of sleep for workplace performance.

Sleep affects virtually every aspect of cognitive performance, physical performance and creativity.  Continue reading....

-- Arianna Huffington