Why sleep is the best medicine?

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        It's late at night and you have an important exam in the morning. You're sitting with your notes and books and you're beginning to feel tired. Should you listen to your mother's advice and go to bed? Or should you stay up all night and try to learn?
       Well, scientists say that our mothers are probably right. it's's best to go to bed early before a big exam. Last year in Germany, scientists looked into the effects of sleep on university students. They found out that students who had at least four hours of sleep did better in exams. It also turned out that the students who had a lot of sleep had better scores in IQ tests. So why is sleep good for our brains?
First of all, scientists believe that after a hard day of thinking, our memories are very messy. Sleep helps to tidy up our thoughts and memories and to put everything in the right place again. Beacause of this, it's easier to remember facts clearly, which of of course, is important in exams.
When we sleep, our brains also continue thinking about our problems from the day before. We can sometimes come up with the answers to diffucult problems after sleeping. There are many examples of this in history.
       In the ninenteenth century, the chemical structure of benzene was still a big mystery to scientists. The German chemist Friedrich von KekulĂ© worked on this problems for many years. One afternoon: while he was travelling on dream - snakes were coming towards him with their tails that he had the answer to his problem - the atoms were arranged in a circle like his funny snakes!But sleep does not only improve our memories and help us to find the answerto problems. Scientists believe that we are more creative after sleep too. Keith Richards; the guitarists of The Rolling Stones, came up with the melody for Satisfication. their biggest hit, as he was taking a nap in a London hotel room. The Irish writer Bram Stoker also got the idea for this masterpiece Dracula, the classic horror story, while he was sleeping. He ate crabs late at night before going to bed, had some strange nightmares and kept on waking up!


So take my advice - do you want to remember more in your exam tomorrow? The answer is simple - go bed early!



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  1. UnknownJuly 14, 2016 at 1:43 PM

    I agree with every word. Getting a great night of sleep is super important. I always need my white noise machine for good sleep. Absolutely nothing can substitute a good night's sleep. Energy drinks, coffee, or sugar may keep you going physically when you are tired, but they are not a healthy substitute for sleep.

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