Take a break immedi after learn someth help you rememb it, Thanksgiving Inflatables Decorations a studi claims.

Scientist have long known that sleep help consolid memori by allow the mind to sift through recent gain knowledg and "file" it.

New research suggest that even a short rest while consciou could help the brain sort and retain information. The find by scientist at New York University, which appear in the latest issu of the journal Neuron, expand our understand of how memori can be improved.

The studi could also help explain why we rememb some piec of knowledg in minut detail but forget other almost immediately.

"Take a coffe break after class can actual help you retain that inform that you just learnt," said Dr Lila Davachi, an assist professor in the depart of psycholog and centr for neural science.

To determin whether memori consolid occur dure period of consciou rest while awake, the research monitor part of the brain known to plai a signific role in memori - the hippocampu and cortic regions.

The experi test the associ memori of subject by show them pair of imag contain a human face and an object, such as a beach ball, or a human face and a scene, such as a beach, befor thei underw period of "awak rest".

The subject were not told that their memori of these imag would later be tested, but were instruct to rest - though stai awak - and think about whatev thei liked.

The research us function magnet reson imag to gaug brain activ dure the task and dure the rest period.

The research found that dure rest, the monitor area of the brain could be just as activ as when thei were learn the "task" - especi if the task wa particularli memorable.

The more activ those kei area of the brain were dure the rest period, the more like the subject were to rememb their task.

"Your brain is work for you when you ar resting, so rest is import for memori and cognit function," Dr Davachi said.

Research have discov that the mind keep most memori for a dai but, at night, act like a film editor sift through the "video clips" befor transfer the best bit to long-term storage. Experiment show that memori ar first store in the hippocampu befor be "replayed" and then file in the outer neocortex, otherwis known as grei matter.