People who Sleep More, Work Better!

People who Sleep More, Work Better!

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• Jun 16, 2008 at 2:46 AM
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If you want to be good at making thouse difficult decisions then sleep on it! Robert Stickgold, a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, claimed he had discovered compelling evidence that the brain was hard at work while we were sleeping.

He said: 'Understanding the complexity of the world is one of our brain's most difficult tasks. It seems that it takes more hours to get the job done than when we are awake. He took some volunteers and gave them some problems to solve. Some were allowed to sleep and get to the REM stage whilst others were made to stay awake whilst they solved their given problems.

Professor Stickgold revealed to Science Magazine that those who were allowed to sleep in between solving their given problems The latest theory is that our brain is helping us solve problems and learn whilst we sleep.

David Power