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No Experience Necessary Attend the orientation clinic » January 26 - 7:00 pm * rm 281 Making money has never been more fun! 10A _ Thursday, January 22, 2004 NATIOk NA THE BATTALK THI Study: Sleep essential c for creative thinking By William McCall THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘Let me sleep on It’ Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the riff in “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” came to him in his sleep, while the 19th-century chemist Dmitri Mendeleev literally dreamed up the periodic table of elements. Now, for the first time, sci entists say they have proved what creative minds have known all along: that our sleeping brains continue work ing on problems that baffle us during the day, and that the right answer may come more easily after eight hours of rest. The German study is consid ered to be the first hard evidence supporting the common sense notion that creativity and prob lem-solving appear to be direct ly linked to adequate sleep. Some researchers said the study provides a valuable reminder for overtired workers and students that sleep is often the best medicine. “A single study never settles an issue once and for all, but 1 would say this study does advance the field significantly," said Dr. Carl E. Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health. German researchers have discovered that creativity and problem-sotving are directly linked to the transfer of memories during deep sleep. Scientists believe memories start in an area of the brain called the hippocampus, and are eventually pushed outward to the neocortex to be consolidated. Hippocampus SOURCE AMoaated Pr*M “It’s going to have potentially important results for children for school performance and for adults for work performance.” Scientists at the University of Luebeck found that volunteers taking a simple math test were three times more likely than sleep-deprived participants to figure out a hidden rule for con verting the numbers into the right answer if they hadet hours of sleep. The findt appear in Thursday’s issue the journal Nature. Jan Bom, who led study, said the results supp biochemical studies of brain that indicate memo- are restructured before il* are stored. Creativity i appears to be enhanced in process, he said. “This restructuring m. be occurring in such a way the problem is easier to sol\ Bom said. Bom said the exact pm.- in the sleeping brain for sic ening these abilities renu unclear. But it appears memories start deep in an t of the brain called the • pocampus. and are events pushed outward to the neoccrl to be consolidated. The changes leading lo: ativity or problem-soK insight occur during “iJ wave” or deep sleep, which' ically occurs in the fust hours of the sleep cycle, ht * The findings also y; explain the memory prohel associated w ith aging, bta| older people typically hwi ble getting enough sleep, cially the kind of deep h save reve the i C and and two core told cust that mile Ji Noli Peel S Ci needed i Bom sai< process NEWS IN BRIEF recsports.tamu.eda JW/^^TEXAS AfkM SPORTS Karaoke ban angers singers, but police cite links to crime SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — A temporary ban on private rooms in karaoke clubs is being criticized as insensitive to Asian Americans, but city officials say it’s needed because people have been using the rooms for a lot more than singing. The private singing rooms, which seat up to 20 people and sometimes have locking doors and no windows or security cameras, are increasingly being used as fronts for prostitu tion, drug use. gambling and alcohol coos; tion among minors, police say. The San Mateo City Council voted Tuess impose a temporary ban on the private i this Silicon Valley suburb, but karaoke fare:: tend the fears of crime are overblown. They say the private karaoke rooms r godsend for shy singers, and are used more often for birthday parties and reunions than any lurid affairs in County, where one of every four Asian descent. W A R E H O U S F Bmmu ing August e Stations 2,3 or 4 bedrooms * Exposed interioi and 10’ ceilings ★ Washer/Dryer in each unit features including carded-entry access * Only 2 blocks from campus in Northgat apply now for best selection www.warehouseapartments.com 403 Cross Street, College Station, Texas 77840 * 979.218.9606