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Did you know that sleep plays a critical role in learning?

A case study found in a National Geographic article states that, “If your brain is an email account, sleep- more specifically, a nap- is how to clear your inbox.” While sleeping, your short-term memory storage can move memories to the long-term cache which makes room for more thoughts and ideas to come into your brain.

So, if you have a big test coming up, or an important work meeting that will bring on lots of information, you might want to take a nap!

Source: 𝐽𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎. “𝑁𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 ‘𝐶𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒.’” 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐. 2007.

 Fun Fact of the Day: As humans, we love to brag about our brain power, but there are 3 animals that give us some serious memory competition. The reals MVPs for outstanding memory capabilities are squirrels, elephants and dolphins.