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Published online 22 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020218-20
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Intellect thrives on sleep
Land of nod is a learning experience
Cramming all night might help you to scrape through exams, but it won't make you clever in the long run. Human and animal experiments are lending new support to a common parental adage: that a good night's sleep is essential to learning.
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