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On 9 Mar 00 at 5:33, janet marie paterson wrote: > For Better Learning, Researchers Endorse 'Sleep on It' Adage > > March 7, 2000 - Scientists have discovered a new link between sleep and memory > that seriously challenges the wisdom of skimping on time spent sleeping. > > Experiments show that when people learn a new skill, their performance does not > improve until after they have had more than six and preferably eight hours of sleep. SNIP I've never slept more than 5 or 6 hours (at one time) in my entire life (except on occasions when I was sick). Is that why I'm "dumb as a stick?" > > Only those who sleep more than six hours seem to improve. > > For example, someone whose best time was 75 milliseconds at the end of > training might, after a good night's sleep, reliably perform the task in 62 > milliseconds. > What sort of stop watch and what kind of task? Sorry, but I can't imagine doing anything worth while in a sixteenth of a second... > This improvement in speed and accuracy is somehow consolidated during > sleep, Dr. Stickgold said. > > But it is not just any kind of sleep that matters. > I think there is little doubt that some people need a full 8 hours sleep. But, some of us don't... Eight hours sleep leaves me feeling groggy. I think this study needs more "study". A 4AM riser .............. murray [log in to unmask]