This is from the WI learning hub newsletter:
Here's something that might change your evening routine: you remember 65% more when you learn something right before sleep. While most of us think of bedtime as the end of our productive day, neuroscientists have discovered our brains are actually doing their most important work once we drift off.
During sleep, your brain replays everything you learned that day, strengthening the neural pathways and moving information from short-term to long-term memory. It's like having a personal librarian who works the night shift, carefully filing away all your new knowledge while you rest. The last thing you study before bed gets VIP treatment, and your brain literally processes it first.
This explains why cramming the night before an exam sometimes works, but also why learning something relaxing and enjoyable before sleep can be so effective. Your mind has all night to make sense of it, connect it to what you already know, and wake up with it firmly embedded.
So tonight, instead of scrolling through your phone, why not try watching one of our recorded courses? Whether it's meditation, history, or a new craft technique, you'll be giving your brain the perfect bedtime story, and waking up a little bit wiser.
(Photo taken at the Old Grammar School gardens in Fowey.)
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