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We reported before on why staying up all night to study DOES NOT work. But studying in the evening DOES work because new research shows that our brains learn more effectively in the evening.

You may think that the idea of a being either morning person or an evening person is nonsense, but Australian researcher Martin Sale has found that the time of day influences your brain?s ability to learn?and the human brain learns more effectively in the evening. And by identifying at what point in the day the brain is best able to operate, rehabilitation therapy can be targeted to that time, when recovery is maximized.
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We’ve reported that rats learn while they dream. People do too. But in at least one case, a sleeping pill woke someone up?in a BIG way.

Memorizing a series of facts is one thing, understanding the big picture is quite another. A new study demonstrates that the ability to make logical “big picture” inferences from disparate pieces of information is dependent on taking a break from studies and learning, and getting a good night’s sleep. However, the prescription sleeping pill Ambien had the opposite effect on one French woman, waking her up from a two-year coma.
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Scientists have recently discovered that most people in the US are lonely. Now it turns out a lot of us have insomnia too (maybe we need to meet someone nice to sleep with). But many of us don’t realize we have a problem, because we THINK we sleep more than we actually DO.
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Newswise – When we travel, our biological clocks are thrown out of synch. Constant light also disrupts our internal clocks, resulting in problems like jet lag and health problems in extended-shift workers. A new study shows that even though we get the impression that our internal clocks are disrupted, as far as are bodies are concerned, they keep on ticking away at a constant pace.
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