Sleep and Memory

Something from class that really blew my mind was the correlation between sleep and memory. After watching the clip from 60 minutes, I was amazed by the findings of the research done. I could not believe that by getting a good nights rest can actually enhance your memory the next day. This finding completely negates the motives of the countless college students who pull all nighters just to learn something for a test the next day. What topped it all off for me was when I looked back at times when friends who pulled all nighters for their final tests have done significantly worse on the final than on previous tests that year.