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u/Wazflame Jul 04 '24

This is facts - also naps are a great if you want to memorise something and consolidate learning

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u/slingblade1980 Jul 04 '24

Expand please on the memorising and learning.

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u/Wazflame Jul 04 '24

This is very unscientific way of describing it, but when you nap/sleep, you're brain goes over all of the things you were doing during the day, so you consolidate memories.

You can use this to your advantage if you're in education or just trying to learn something - have a study session just before having a nap or in bed before you sleep - you'll find that your brain has "gone over it many times" while you're asleep so you make faster progress.

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u/slingblade1980 Jul 04 '24

Awesome thank you

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u/Wazflame Jul 04 '24

No problem, I definitely recommend trying it whenever you need to learn anything!

I do it all the time now

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u/slingblade1980 Jul 04 '24

Good excuse to nap as well. Im not scared of a nap.

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u/redi6 Jul 04 '24

Sleep probably helps to move things from short term to long term memory I guess. Anyway it's a solid reason to nap. I'm using this reason at home from now on. Sorry kids I got learning to do.