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| Author(s): |
Cabral, Thiago
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Mota, Natalia B.
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Fraga, Lucia
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Copelli, Mauro
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McDaniel, Mark A.
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Ribeiro, Sidarta
Total Authors: 6
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | NPJ SCIENCE OF LEARNING; v. 3, n. 1, p. 4-pg., 2018-08-21. |
| Abstract | |
Laboratory evidence of a positive effect of sleep on declarative memory consolidation suggests that naps can be used to boost school learning in a scalable, low-cost manner. The few direct investigations of this hypothesis have so far upheld it, but departed from the naturalistic setting by testing non-curricular contents presented by experimenters instead of teachers. Furthermore, nap and non-nap groups were composed of different children. Here we assessed the effect of post-class naps on the retention of Science and History curricular contents presented by the regular class teacher to 24 students from 5th grade. Retention was repeatedly measured 3-4 days after content learning, with weekly group randomization over 6 consecutive weeks. Contents followed by long naps (>30min), but not short naps (<30min), were significantly more retained than contents followed by waking (Cohen's d=0.7962). The results support the use of post-class morning naps to enhance formal education. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/07699-0 - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics - NeuroMat |
| Grantee: | Oswaldo Baffa Filho |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |