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Daytime Naps Help Us Acquire Information Not Consciously Perceived, Study Finds

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola

A new study published in the Journal of Sleep Research shows that a quick nap may be just what you need for processing information and improving your responses to tasks at hand, according to the University of Bristol. Although it was a small study — just 16 participants — the research suggested that “information acquired during wakefulness may potentially be processed in some deeper, qualitative way during sleep,” the university said in a press release. As science...