We all intuatively know that sleep benefits a range of skills - both mental and motor-based. However science is actually a little 'behind the curve' in dreaming up ways of proving it... sure they have shown that sleep-deprived people are no good at learning lists of words, but hey - how about real-life??
Researchers at the university of Chicago have now shown the positive benefits of sleep in the complex area of mastering a video game called 'Quake 3'. They found that students with too little sleep fared worse when compared to both the 'normal' sleep group and the 'too much' sleep group.
Of course, anyone who has suffered from insomnia will already know that your abilities are impared the next day... still, nice to have some scientific proof!
Here is the link to the news story on the findings... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/20/health/main4621786.shtml
Geoff
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