Sleep and Consolidation
Fix your wake time and review before sleeping.
Why it works
Memory consolidation happens during sleep. Without enough sleep, what you encoded does not stabilise.
How to practise
- 1Fix your wake time, weekends included.
- 2Do the last review of the day close to bedtime, with no bright screen afterwards.
- 3Protect a 7 to 9 hour sleep window.
- 4Log your hours in the app to see the link with your accuracy.
3 min of practice
Most common mistake
Trading sleep for extra study time the night before.
What the evidence shows
Sleep deprivation impairs consolidation and later recall in controlled experimental studies.
Apply it to your day
Use it during any period of intense learning.