Let’s face it: who wouldn’t want to have a better memory these days or even learn faster something important for school, college, or work? Science allows all that to happen, although it may sound like nonsense.
INC.com speaks about such a possibility, and we can only give it a try when we get the chance! The publication speaks about an old study published in Psychological Science that surely can teach us a lot!
Study, sleep, work!
This seems to be the correct order and the key behind learning faster! The new study has found that those who studied something before going to bed, then went to sleep, and ultimately did a quick review when they woke up, managed to learn and memorize faster.
Sleep-dependent memory consolidation seems to have been the factor behind the impressive achievement of those analyzed for the study. Here’s some important stuff that Nature.com has to say:
Converging evidence, from the molecular to the phenomenological, leaves little doubt that offline memory reprocessing during sleep is an important component of how our memories are formed and ultimately shaped.
Surely you may be skeptical a bit about the information, and that’s perfectly alright! Here’s another statement that may convince you about the reliability of the new study:
We found that interleaving sleep between learning sessions not only reduced the amount of practice needed by half but also ensured much better long-term retention.
Sleeping after learning is definitely a good strategy, but sleeping between two learning sessions is a better strategy.
How about you? How do you like to learn? Do you take a good long sleep before or afterward? Do you consider applying the teachings from the new study? Let us know in a comment below, as the section is available for everyone to comment!