New study backs up 'sleeping on it,' suggesting naps promote creative problem-solving

New study backs up 'sleeping on it,' suggesting naps promote creative problem-solving

New study backs up 'sleeping on it,' suggesting naps promote creative problem-solving When faced with a big decision, it’s not uncommon to be given the advice to “sleep on it.” And while that might feel like a great way to ignore your problems and opt for a little extra rest, as it turns out, it might actually help you out of a pickle. Researchers at the University of Hamburg recently published a study in the journal “PLOS Biology” that details a sleep study with 90 participants, all helping the scientists discover if snoozing can actually lead to a eureka moment. The researchers — Anika Löwe, Marit Petzka, Maria Tzegka, and Nicolas Schuck — began by posing a question: How does sleep possibly lead to insight while problem-solving? Researchers set out to see if sleep really had an impact on decision-making. Photo by Justine Camacho on Unsplash Recruiting 90 people for the study, participants were first asked to track a series of dots across a screen. They were given instructions abo…