Study & Sleeping

Study & Sleeping

Sleep importance

o If you haven’t slept, your ability to learn new things could drop up to 40%.
o Memories won’t be strengthened with 4 hours or less of nighttime sleep.

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Sleeping improves

o The ability to learn.
o The ability to recall information.
o Long-term memory.
o The ability to solve problems creatively.
o Sleep actually helps students learn, memorize, retain, recall, and use their new knowledge to come up with creative and innovative solutions.

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Studying before or after sleeping?

o When learning occurs prior to sleep, the learned information benefits from the process of uniting during sleep, which does not occur for information that is learned in the morning.
o Researchers from Loughborough University are investigating the impact of sleep on learning to try to understand whether the time of day makes a difference to a person’s memory.

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Tips for sleeping

o Especially during the exam period.
o Use your naps as a study break.
o Follow a regular sleep schedule.
o Make your sleep environment as cool, dark and quiet as possible.
o Go for comfort.
o Say goodnight to your phone.
o Excercise daily.
o Be careful with caffeine and alcohol.

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Conclusion

o You can actually learn while you sleep.
o Sleep at least 7 hours to give your mind and body the perfect rest as they process the learned information for your exam.

Literature

Sleep On It. (2017, 13 juli). NIH News in Health. https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2013/04/sleep-it
Ryan, T. (2022, 29 augustus). A Study Guide To Getting Sleep During Final Exams. Sleep Foundation. https://www.sleepfoundation.org/school-and-sleep/final-exams-and-sleep
Learning before bedtime could improve memory – new study. (2020, 13 oktober). Loughborough University. https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2020/october/learning-before-bedtime-could-improve-memory/
The Impact of Sleep on Learning and Memory | Chronobiology and Sleep Institute | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. (z.d.). https://www.med.upenn.edu/csi/the-impact-of-sleep-on-learning-and-memory.html

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