Next time you're confronted with a new problem, take a nap.
Snoozing has long been known to boost cognitive performance, but a new study by Sara Mednick, a UCSD assistant professor of psychiatry, suggests that a particular stage of sleep called rapid eye movement or REM enhances creative processing and thinking.
"We found that — for creative problems that you've already been working on — the passage of time is enough to find solutions," said Mednick. " ...
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