Siestas Are Good For You - Official
Researchers in Israel have uncovered a new reason for adopting the Spanish custom of siestas.
A study by researchers at the Brain Behaviour Centre in the University of Haifa showed that a 90-minute siesta improves long-term memory and improves the ability to retain data.
Two groups took part in the testing and those who took a siesta adapted to new learning tasks better than the group that did not, provided the comparison was made before nightfall. The following morning, abilities between the two groups were back to equal.
So if you enjoy a siesta on holiday in Spain, make sure it’s a habit you get into back at home too!
If its for memory reasons maybe, but in my case if I have siesta in middle of the afternoon my day is over, I will be sleepy the rest of the day.
Comment by Splinter09 — April 4, 2008 @ 10:26 am