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Snooze your way to better performance - Learning Curve - effects of sleep on motor skills - Brief Article

Men's Fitness,  May, 2003  by Mike Carlson,  Allan Donnelly,  Ben Kallen,  Bobby Lee,  Mark Thorpe,  Tom Weede

RESEARCHERS at Harvard Medical School found that people retain physical-skills training better after sleeping for at least eight hours. According to the study, the most important factor in improving performance was the medium-deep "stage 2" sleep that usually occurs during the final two hours of a full night's shut-eye.

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