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Published online 26 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010426-15
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To sleep, perchance to learn
A good night's sleep might be the best way to let the brain file the day's events.
Baby birds and mammals sleep for up to three times as long as adults. New research suggests that this may be to allow their brains to adapt to the riot of novelty they experience.
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