Nursery children who are given an afternoon nap learn more effectively, scientists say.
A study has suggested that daytime naps help young children to consolidate memories in the same way that sleeping at night does for adults.
Rebecca Spencer, a neuroscientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who led the research, said: “Until now, there was nothing to support teachers who feel that naps can really help young children. There had been no concrete science behind that.”
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that 3 to 5-year-olds who took a nap after