How Sleep Boosts Memory Performance

Did you know that sleep can give your memory a 30% performance boost compared to simply staying awake?

For a long time, scientists thought sleep only played a passive role, essentially protecting

our memories from being overwritten by new daily experiences. However, the sources reveal

that the sleeping brain is highly active and dynamic, housing a variety of cognitive processes

like the "revival" of past experiences. Far from being a state of "cognitive non-being," sleep

provides an active benefit by optimising how we store newly learned information. Research shows that

getting a night of sleep—or even a brief nap—results in memory scores that are 15% to

30% better than if you had spent that same amount of time awake. We are exploring