I’m sick today (sorry!), so I’ll keep this positively short — naps may help improve your memory, but nothing beats a full-night’s rest of uninterrupted sleep.
The Boston Globe has the full story: Naps boost sophisticated memory
Also, while I’m here, for some reason the Associated Press again published the same story about a supposed Truman Show disorder, already published by multiple news outlets back in July (and which we covered with our usual skepticism back then). No new updates, apparently just another reason to get its proponents in the news again. (Read the new non-update here.)
Does anybody even bother with fact checking any longer in journalism?
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Grohol, J. (2008). Naps May Help Memory. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 26, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/11/25/naps-may-help-memory/
