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Наука, наконец-то, подтвердила, что недосып превращает человека в жывотное.

http://sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=CDEFA259-E7F2-99DF-311007C6099FD8A2
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While you slumber, your brain puts the world in order

Bob Stickgold from Harvard Medical School and his colleagues found that people were better able to recall lists of related words after a night's sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also found it easier to recollect themes that the words had in common - forgetting around 25 per cent more themes after a waking rest. "We're not just stabilising memories during sleep," says Stickgold. "We're extracting the meaning."
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also relates to http://watertank.livejournal.com/663559.html
What I find necessary for efficient "unconcious" brainwork is arming your mind with the right set of euristic tools. Then it somehow figures out which tools to use at the right time. Just "sleeping on it" works only for relatively simple problems.
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'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions

Complex decisions are best left to your unconscious mind to work out, according to a new study, and over-thinking a problem could lead to expensive mistakes.

The research suggests the conscious mind should be trusted only with simple decisions, such as selecting a brand of oven glove. Sleeping on a big decision, such as buying a car or house, is more likely to produce a result people remain happy with than consciously weighing up the pros and cons of the problem, the researchers say.
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That's exactly why a two-day four hour sessions invention development seminar is much more effective than an full day off-site meeting.

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