{"id":1052896,"date":"2010-05-11T08:16:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T08:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/can-a-midday-nap-make-you-smarter-adults-who-nap-for-90-minutes-at-2-pm-learn-and-perform-better-at-tests\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:41","slug":"can-a-midday-nap-make-you-smarter-adults-who-nap-for-90-minutes-at-2-pm-learn-and-perform-better-at-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/can-a-midday-nap-make-you-smarter-adults-who-nap-for-90-minutes-at-2-pm-learn-and-perform-better-at-tests.php","title":{"rendered":"Can a Midday Nap Make You Smarter? Adults Who Nap for 90-minutes at 2 PM Learn and Perform Better at Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ff5dd_300px-Sleeping_baby_cat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ff5dd_300px-Sleeping_baby_cat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a>According to a new study, if you devote your lunch hour to a nap, you may perform and learn better in the afternoon.<\/p><p>Napping at midday, when the brain's ability to learn may have deteriorated, may clear the brain's memory \"storage area\" and make room for new information.<\/p><p>In the study, the nap group was given the chance for a 90-minute siesta at 2 p.m.; the no-nap group was asked to stay awake.<\/p><p>People in the group which didn't nap had a 10% reduction in their learning capacity. The people who had a nap improved their ability to learn by <b>10% <\/b>(not much).<\/p><div><\/div><div>References:<\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/depression\/news\/20100222\/can-a-midday-nap-make-you-smarter\">Can a Mid-Day Nap Make You Smarter?<\/a> WebMD.<\/div><div>Image source: Sleeping kitten. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sleeping_baby_cat.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a>, Tilman Piesk, public domain.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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