Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory
November 24th, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer(AP) -- Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the big picture and get creative.
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This is old news... very old news. Re-discovering old science. But it needs to be repeated in the most workaholic societies, where relaxing produces "guilt".- flag

