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A good night's sleep can boost the memory... but only 21% of us get the recommend eight hours

by ryanborja | July 14, 2008 at 02:54 am | 225 views | 1 comment

Some experts say that less than eight hours of sleep is already good. Anyway, what all these researches are leading us is to the fact that a good sleep really helps boost memory. We should grab sleep whenever we can catch it.

Sleep appears to strengthen connections between nerve cells in the brain, a process thought to form the basis of learning and memory.

Researchers studied volunteers who were taught a new skill or shown images. Tasks included trying to follow a moving dot on a computer screen using a joystick.