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Napping in the Afternoon May Make You Smarter

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-02-21

Taking a long nap in the afternoon appears to prepare the brain to remember things, a new study has found. Researchers also found that people's ability to learn falls about 10 percent between noon and 6 p.m. normally, but those who take these long naps were able to counterattack this decline. Read full story >

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