Naps Help Babies Learn and Retain New Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100221143202.htm

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2010) — Anyone who grew up in a large family likely remembers hearing "Don't wake the baby." While it reinforces the message to older kids to keep it down, research shows that sleep also is an important part of how infants learn more about their new world.

Rebecca Gomez, Richard Bootzin and Lynn Nadel in the psychology department at the University of Arizona in Tucson found that babies who are able to get in a little daytime nap are more likely to exhibit an advanced level of learning known as abstraction.

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