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Listen to an Announcement Test #075
Listen to an Announcement
1. What is the professor's main purpose?
A) To introduce a new study
B) To assign a reading
C) To question a common belief
D) To explain a lab experiment
2. What does the study suggest is important for memory?
A) The amount of time spent studying
B) The type of information being learned
C) The quality of a person''s sleep
D) The number of hours a person sleeps
Professor: I want to briefly discuss a recent study that has significant implications for how we learn. Researchers investigated the link between sleep and memory consolidation. While we've long known that sleep helps us remember information, this study identified the specific brain-wave patterns during deep sleep that are crucial for this process. They found that the more synchronized these waves were, the better the participants' recall was the next day. This reinforces the importance of getting quality sleep when studying for exams.
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