Have you ever faced a difficult decision and told you to “sleep” there “?
These words of wisdom grandmother may feel frustrating at the moment, but a new study in Plos Biology magazine suggests that there is something.
Researchers at the Universität Hamburg in Germany set out to understand the neurological mechanism behind the prominent moment of “AHA”, when everything suddenly clicks.
They asked 90 people to carry out a deceptively simple task that involved tracking points through a screen, according to which they were not known, researchers had a trick on their sleeves.
After a few rounds, the participants received a 20 -minute nap and followed their brain activity.
The results showed that people who reached a deeper sleep stage, known as N2, had a significant probability of discovering the task when they returned to the game than those who did not.
86% of deep sleepers had their time Eureka, compared to only 64% of those who only reached light sleep and 56% of people who remained awake.
Even those in the shallow sleep camp came out better than the control group of a previous study, where only half of the participants broke the code without any turnip.
These findings suggest that anyone seeking a breakthrough may want to strengthen instead of power.
“I think many of us have done the subjective experience of having important accomplishments after a small nap. It is really nice not only to have data on this, but also a first direction of what is behind this phenomenon,” said Anika Löwe, author of the first study.
“What really caught my attention to the people around me, especially creative, about these findings was the amount they resonated with people,” he added.
“Many of them could relate to our results with a personal experience of having a (creative) breakthrough after a nap.”
More research may be needed to define why this is, but the study authors propose that Electroencephalogram patterns (EEG) revealed a “more abrupt spectral slope”, which sounds like a magical place where deep sleep feeds the great decisions.
“The EEG spectral slope has recently been considered a factor in cognitive processes during sleep,” said Lowe.
“I find the link between the spectral slope during sleep, the moments AHA after sleep and the descent of weights, which we identified as crucial for AHA moments in our previous computational work, very exciting.”
Nicolas Schuck, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Universität Hamburg, revealed to the publication how to get the best blow for your nap.
How long should the turnips be?
“The turnips of our study were 20 minutes and the effect we encountered in Insights was related to the participants reaching the” N2 “sleep stage,” he said.
“When someone is willing to fall asleep, it will come to N2 quite quickly, in about five minutes. But the big unknown is when someone will start asleep -.”
As we know from experience, trying to take a nap of 20 minutes does not always work, in this case the benefits cannot be made.
But, in general, “the nas of less than 30 minutes can already have positive effects,” said Schuck.
Is there a good time to bring them?
“We cannot say of our study, but most adults feel tired … In the early afternoon, which can increase the possibility of achieving a deep sleep,” he said.
Other experts have explained to the publication that from 1pm to 3pm is the Sweet Point for Short -term Shuteye.
Any way to guarantee to reach the N2 sleep stage?
The short answer: not really.
“We cannot say about our study, but other studies indicate that the quality and depth of sleep is influenced by many factors,” said Schuck.
“One is body temperature and studies show that starting sleep is easier during the stages of body temperature in the lower core,” he continued. “Therefore, it is important that the room temperature is correct, with typical recommendations around 65-68 ° F. I don’t know if anyone has specifically looked on the turnips.”
It also recommends that you do too long or wait too late a day, otherwise the nap can sabotage night sleep.
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