Dreams Make You Smarter, More Creative, Studies Suggest

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Rachel Kaufman
for National Geographic News
Published August 13, 2010

Here's more evidence that sleep, including napping, can make you smarter.

Dreaming may improve memory, boost creativity, and help you better plan for the future, new research suggests.

In a recent study, people who took naps featuring REM sleep—in which dreams are most vivid—performed better on creativity-oriented word problems. That is, the REM, or rapid eye movement, sleep helped people combine ideas in new ways, according to psychiatrist Sara Mednick, who led the study.

Part of the experiment's morning round involved a word-analogy test, similar to some SAT problems. For example, given "chips: salty::candy:_____" the answer would have been "sweet."


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[Wickerman]

1. K&R for the napping part

:smoke:

If this were true I'd be really fucking smart.

Or, I guess I might just be an outlier. A very well-rested outlier.

[CTyankee]

2. I like having the REM sleep only I wish my dreams weren't so intense.

Some of them linger in my mind and mood and I literally have to get up and shake off the sleep in order to recover from them. I've always had intense dreams whereas my husband hardly ever remembers his...

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. chips:salty candy:sweet ???? FAIL!!

Chips:salty Candy:sugary CORRECT.








This is my opinion. See my sig if this bothers you.

[Merlot]

4. Agree with you. Sugary was my first though as well.

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Of coure we're correct and here's why

Some candy is SOUR, some is HOT, some is SPICY, some is sweet, but it's ALL sugary.

[Merlot]

6. I thought it was the relationship between sugary and salty

since both sugar and salt are actual ingredients, where as sweet is a flavor description.

different roads to the same conclusion: we're right!