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Interesting. What about adult learning, do naps help with learning, and by how much?

• jacalata 12y ago
  They seem to: http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/201002/take-nap-it-may-boost-your-learning-capacity-among-other-good-things http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/201002/tak...
  • minthd 12y ago
    Original paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093247/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093247/ "These effects were specific to episodic learning, with no between-session change expressed in procedural motor-skill learning, or in measures of alertness or reaction time" The memory relevant for developers is mostly procedural, i.e conceptual memory, i believe. So napping might not be useful(or further research needed).
    • vegedor 12y ago
      I'd guess that episodic learning is part of building conceptual memory?
• ivanche 12y ago
  Absolutely! Mandatory reading (very long but VERY worth) "Good sleep, good learning, good life" [1] by Dr Piotr Wozniak [1] http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
• snowwrestler 12y ago
  The things I've read suggest that for adults adequate sleep is the key, not necessarily when you get it. A person who gets as much sleep as they need at night might not benefit from a nap; whereas a person who does not, would. Babies grow more rapidly than adults, so everything happens on a faster schedule. They eat proportionally more food, and more frequently, excrete proportionally more, sleep longer and more frequently, etc.