Naps help your brain deal with unconscious information

[Nelson Vergel]

• Researchers find that daytime naps help your brain deal with unconscious information.
• A short sleep can improve brain processing speed.
• Scientists looked at how subjects performed on tasks they were not consciously aware of.

Maybe you knew this already, but daytime naps are good for you. But why exactly? A new study that measured changes in people's brains before and after naps found that there are clear cognitive benefits to sleeping on it. A nap can help with how we process and react to information.

Take a nap to sharpen your brain, suggests new science