How To Remember Better By Sleeping

I recently touched upon the issue of sleep
and memory. An interesting twist has been
discovered by research on fruit flies.

It seems that, at least in fruit flies,
consolidation of memories is helped by
afternoon naps -- but not much by normal
night sleep.

From the Nature article:
"I'm a strong believer in flies as models to
study sleep, which I admit has been quite
difficult to convince the sleep community in
general," says Chiara Cirelli of the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, who was involved in a
paper showing that flies do sleep. This latest
paper, she agrees, shows an interesting link
between socializing, sleep and memory.

Sincerely,
Sten