When you are sleep deprived, your level of attention and concentration lowers and thought processing slows. This makes it harder to concentrate and confuses you; it is harder for you to gather information and learning would not be as efficient. This hinders your ability to perform tasks that involve logical reasoning. In order for you to remember something, it must be in your long-term memory, but for it to enter your long-term memory, it must first be in your long-term memory. your short-term memory. Sleep puts things learned during the day into short-term memory and if you keep reviewing that particular memory and improving it, it will be transferred into long-term memory. Sleep helps a lot in learning. During sleep, the brain categorizes the day's memories into different sections. It shifts memories to more efficient storage regions within the brain at different times of the night. There are 5 stages of sleep and each is specialized in processing specific types of information. This is why it is important to get enough sleep as the more times the sleep cycle can repeat itself, the more information the brain will process, therefore the more things you will be able to remember. One of the phases of the sleep cycle is REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. REM sleep is important for learning and memory preservation. During REM sleep, the brain processes the information learned during the day, consolidates the connections between brain cells and between the different regions of the brain that create our memories, and replenishes its reserve of neurotransmitters, which also includes chemicals that make you feel good and improve your mood for the rest of the day. Sleep 30 minutes to an hour more in the morning... middle of paper... memories and choosing what to keep and what not. Some memories are also strengthened; It has been shown that some memories, such as playing a tune on a musical instrument, can improve during sleep. Memories are most stable during deep sleep stages. Later, during REM sleep, the brain links related memories together. This is why, to learn as much as possible during the day, it is important to sleep well the night before and the night after. Unfortunately, deep sleep memory strengthens stages deteriorate in the late 30s. Seniors over 60 had a 70% loss of deep sleep compared to people in their 20s. This is why older people tend to forget things more easily. The best way to remember something new you've learned is to sleep on it. Why? Because sleeping helps strengthen memories and also connects new memories with the ones you already have.