Improve Your Memory

Or in non-researcher-speak, sleeping on it helps your brain file away what you've learned and makes that information easier to access.

But you don't have to go to bed to improve your memory and recall.

A study just published in Nature Reviews Psychology found that "evn a few minutes of rest with your eyes closed can improve memory, perhaps to the same degree as a full night of sleep."

Psychologists call that "offline waking rest." In its purest form, offline waking rest can be closing your eyes and vegging out for a couple minutes. But offline waking rest can also be daydreaming. 

Mind wandering. Zoning out. None of which sounds productive, but actually can be: Without those intermittent periods of lack of focus, memory consolidation doesn't occur nearly as efficiently.  READ MORE...