We now know sleep has profound implications for lots of human tasks. Sleep improves our memory, and enables us to consolidate new information with the knowledge we already have. Sleep also changes the quality of stored info. We are more likely to adjust our memories slightly so that they fit better with previous experiences after sleeping. And we are more likely to avoid misleading background information in making decisions and judgements. But sleep also has a positive effect on problem solving.
It’s common to feel you can gain inspiration for something overnight. You may have even woken up in the middle of the night with the solution to a problem, whether it be trivial or life-changing. These intuitions turn out to be absolutely correct.
METHOD: Volunteers a set of problems with 3 word...
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