The Power of Dreaming!

New study indicates sleeping after learning improves recall of information.

A new study indicates that getting some sleep after learning something new is associated with better memory--or at least better recall of information learned. 

The study was published in a recent journal Current Biology. 

Researchers concluded that individuals who sleep after learning something perform better afterwards.  This is particularly true if they've dreamt about what they had learned.

Researchers took 99 students  and asked them to visually sort through a 3-dimensional maze in order to find a tree at some point in the maze. 

Then half napped while others remained awake.  They were later asked to find the tree again upon retest of looking through the maze.

The results demonstrate those that napped did better at finding the tree more quickly and easily upon retest.

They then conclude that it may be advantageous to study before bed or nap after learning something new if one is to improve memory or recall of what one is learning.

So, what will you dream about tonight....