Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep
Submitted by GM on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 2:00pm
This happens to us a lot. Our design team was talking about how they dream about web design. Tough challenges the previous day get solved overnight.
"Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the brain."