{"id":2722,"date":"2008-08-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/to-sleep-perchance-to-remember.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:33:45","slug":"to-sleep-perchance-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2722","title":{"rendered":"To Sleep, Perchance To Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SLVSJzwOHKI\/AAAAAAAAAgA\/drKAfxG0X-g\/s1600-h\/flu.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=26056953  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239184069980200098\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SLVSJzwOHKI\/AAAAAAAAAgA\/drKAfxG0X-g\/s200\/flu.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Get a good night&#8217;s sleep. It&#8217;s good for your brain, and may contribute to neurogenesis, the formation of new nerve cells (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18287218\">see the study<\/a>). <\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>WHY is sleep good for your brain? WHY does it help you remember better? It&#8217;s not clear to anyone (and research science has some speculations it&#8217;s checking into), but the bottom line is that sleeping well creates conditions that make you perform at your peak. <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s not just about getting abed by 10:00 every night. A 45-minute midday nap can help you boost memory and remember facts too. This particular result (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18274266\">see here<\/a>) applies to pulling back the facets of your life that you&#8217;ve already learned. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a good night&#8217;s sleep. It&#8217;s good for your brain, and may contribute to neurogenesis, the formation of new nerve cells (see the study). WHY is sleep good for your &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[345,267,319],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-brain","tag-memory","tag-sleep"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-HU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2133,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2133","url_meta":{"origin":2722,"position":0},"title":"How To Re-Charge Your Brain To Learn Better","author":"Will Clower","date":"March 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"What kind of activity is BEST, for recharging your brain?\u00a0According to a new study, your brain's batteries get juiced back up during the light, dreamless slumber that accounts for up to half of your night's sleep.Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley conducted tests on 44 healthy young adults and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-X9IsQBev8Yo\/TX9HL1IJZ_I\/AAAAAAAAC-o\/ipm9xbvF7QA\/s320\/BrainPower.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6170,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=6170","url_meta":{"origin":2722,"position":1},"title":"How To Sleep Like A Baby: Train your brain with routine","author":"Will Clower","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In our history, the machinery of the mind has been described to work like a hydraulic device, an automobile engine, a computer, and even a hologram. 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