A new study has found that sleep almost doubles your chances of recalling forgotten information.
Which means you might want to try some last-minute cramming before bed if you’ve got an important exam coming up.
The study by psychologist Dr Nicolas Dumay, from the University of Exeter, analysed two previous research papers where volunteers were asked to remember made-up words.
Volunteers were asked to recall the words immediately after exposure, and then again after a sleep, or equivalent period of wakefulness.
The sleepers were much better at recalling the words – and could even remember more – at retest.
Which means that, rather than just protecting against… Read the full story