More proof that I should get more sleep The latest scientific research, reported in today's issue of Nature, explains why my sleep-deprived brain doesn't function so well. The Associated Press reports:
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the riff in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" came to him in his sleep, while 19th-century chemist Dmitri Mendeleev literally dreamed up the periodic table of elements. Now, for the first time, German scientists say they have proved that our sleeping brains continue working on problems that baffle us during the day, and the right answer may come more easily after eight hours of rest.
Scientists at the University of Luebeck found volunteers taking a simple math test were three times more likely than sleep-deprived participants to figure out a hidden rule for converting numbers into the right answer if they had eight hours of sleep. Full story.