Remember more by sleeping more

By now most people know that sleep is good for you, and that sleep deprivation is bad for you in more ways than one. Well a new study published online in Nature Neuroscience has found yet another negative side effect to add to the "not getting enough sleep" pile: sleep deprivation impairs your brain's ability to make new memories.

What's interesting is that I always thought the information was in there, but I just had trouble remembering it when I was tired. This study seems to show that if you're sleep deprived anything new you try to learn or remember really won't be there -- it doesn't get committed to memory. So no matter how much sleep you "catch up" on later, some memories from that sleepy day just won't exist.

Wow, this explains a lot.