Sleep everyone ... at work

    “Everyone should sleep soundly ... but not at work!” - sang in one “right” Soviet film. However, it turns out that this postulate is hopelessly outdated.

    Sleep in the workplace increases efficiency, established by American scientists. In the USA, the practice of short siesta during working hours has already become popular in many corporations. However, not all bosses rejoice at the prospect of employees taking a nap at work.

    Now sleep lovers have arguments in their defense. “If you take a nap at the workplace and the boss catches you, you can not be embarrassed. Just explain to him that you are perfecting your mental abilities and increasing your working capacity, ”writes The Daily Mail (full text on the website www.Inopressa.ru ).

    Evidence was provided by scientists who, for the first time, were able to establish that a short daytime sleep strengthens memory and makes it easier to remember important facts. Professor Matthew Tucker, who led the research team, admitted that this idea often comes up against resistance. “The time given to a short day's sleep is considered counterproductive in an atmosphere that requires mental acuity and considerable memory work,” he said.

    He and his colleagues from the sleep laboratory at the University of New York decided to prove that this is not so. They examined the effect of short sleep on the process of recalling facts. The study was conducted on students. During the experiment, volunteers were asked to memorize a couple of words, for example, “watches are hands”. Students’s ability to remember actions was also tested - they were asked to accurately track the mirror image of a complex pattern. Then half of the group was locked in a soundproof room. Although they were allowed to sleep for about an hour, on average it took about 47 minutes to sleep.

    While they were dozing, the other group was relaxing, reading magazines and watching films. 6 hours after the start of the experiment, both groups of volunteers were tested again. Although both groups showed equally good results in mirror images, those who had a siesta showed better results in memory tests compared to those who were awake during the day. Those who took a nap remembered 15% more pairs of words.

    Researchers believe that the first phase of sleep, when we do not dream, takes one and a half to two hours from falling asleep and can play a decisive role in the process of remembering facts. At this time, it is precisely the state that is required to “store” the facts so that they can then be easily removed from memory. However, if you sleep longer and go into the stage of REM sleep, accompanied by dreams, the effect of the previous stage may be reduced to zero.

    However, scientists warn that although a short siesta may help to recall facts throughout the day, it is not yet clear how long this effect is for long-term memory.

    Among the famous lovers of siesta is Sir Winston Churchill, who regularly resorted to afternoon sleep, after which he took a bath. He did not break the ritual even during World War II. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was preparing herself for a weekly meeting with parliamentarians in a 20-minute sleep.

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