Sleep is important to Improve Memory and learning New Information

"Sleep is important to improve memory and for learning new information". As according to New survey  the sleep after new learning activities may help improve memory and people who sleep for eight hours are significantly better at remembering faces and names after seeing them for first time.

Researchers at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston Conducted the study on 14 people in which they were shown 20 photos with their corresponding names from a database of over 600 color photographs and asked to memorize them.

Sleeping is important to improve Memory

After 12 hours period they were shown the photos again with either a correct or incorrect name.Along with answering the correct name they were asked to rate their confidence on a scale of one to nine.Each person completed the test twice -once with an interval of sleep in between and once with a period of regular activities in between.After providing an opportunity to sleep for 8 hours, people correctly matched 12 percent more of faces and their names and after providing full night sleep their ability in answering is significantly improved.

"We know that many different kinds of memories are improved with sleep. While a couple of studies have looked at how naps might affect our ability to learn new faces and names, no previous studies have looked at the impact of a full night of sleep in between learning and being tested," said Jeanne F Duffy, associate neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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