Napping in the Afternoon May Make You Smarter
Great news for pzizzers – especially students!
Want to ace that next test? Try taking a mid-afternoon siesta. (i.e. “have a pzizz!”)
While the findings are preliminary, new research raises the prospect that sleep, specifically a lengthy afternoon nap, prepares the brain to remember things. Think of it as similar to rebooting a computer to get it to work more smoothly.
“Sleep is not just for the body. It’s very much for the brain,” said study author Matthew Walker, an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
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