5 . Wakeful Rest
When many students finish studying, they often go straight to another activity. 1 Some might even play a video game or watch television. But research suggests that resting after your study may be a both no-cost and effective way to help you remember what you have studied and improve your learning.
2 Resting is difficult when you have too much stimulation(刺激) from electronic devices, lights and so on. While this might sound unusual to you, many studies have explored benefits of resting after learning-what is called "wakeful rest". A study examined how well old people in good health could remember certain words, from which researchers found old adults who rested for 10 minutes after learning had better memory. "A period of wakeful rest immediately after new learning improves free recall, "the researchers wrote. 3
Another study found that both young and old adults were able to better remember, or recollect, information from given passages after doing wakeful rest. The findings appeared in Neuroscience Letters. 4 “Wakeful rest led to higher overall recollection in both age groups," there searchers noted. 'They thought wakeful rest allows for superior memory consolidation(巩固), resulting in stronger representations of experienced events which can be discovered by tests of free recall and recognition.
5 Rest quietly for five to ten minutes. Do not look at your phone, read stories or play games. Just limit the amount of stimulation you get. It is really that easy!
| A．Such an activity promotes good health. |
| B．Perhaps they look at their phone or go online. |
| C．The results were strong even after seven days, they added. |
| D．This study involved 45 young people and 40 elderly adults. |
| E．If you want to give “wakeful rest” a try, here are a few simple things to do. |
| F．Working long hours can greatly increase the risk of suffering injury or illness, a study says. |
| G．The basic idea is that your brain gets a chance to rest by reducing your activity after the study. |
