Naptime Helps Babies Remember
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Naps are important for infant learning. They help children’s developing brains retain information according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Arizona in Tucson found that infants who have daytime naps are more likely to exhibit an advanced level of learning called abstraction, which is the ability to detect a pattern contained in new information.
The study involved 48 infants. Phrases from an artificial language were repeatedly played to the 15-month-olds until they became familiar with them. Some follow-up tests showed that infants who slept within four to eight hours after hearing the phrases showed evidence of abstract learning. Infants who didn’t have a nap in that timeframe didn’t show that.
Last Updated on February 26th, 2010
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