Naps: Good for your brain? BBC News Review

Could a short sleep during the day. protect your brain? This is News Review from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth. And I'm Phil. Make sure you watch to the end to learn all the vocabulary that you need to talk about this story. And don't forget to subscribe to our channel, like this video and try the quiz on our website.

Now, today's story. Our brains get smaller as we get older, but this doesn't happen as fast in people who take regular short sleeps during the day. That's according to a new study. Researchers suggest that these naps might reduce the risk of developing conditions like Alzheimer's in later life. You've been looking at the headlines.

What's the vocabulary? We have 'power nap', 'sharp', and 'hinder'. This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

Let's have a look at our first headline. This is from iNews. Power naps linked to greater brain capacity, scientists say. So brain capacity is about brain size and this headline says that it's linked to something called 'power naps'. Now we're going to look at this phrase 'power naps', but Phil, the word 'nap'.

Isn't that a short sleep that babies have? Well, anyone can have a nap, but we're looking at 'power naps'. Now, these are short sleeps, usually during the working day in order to be able to do your job better. And in fact, maybe I should have a power nap after recording this. Well, that might be good for your brain.

That's what this headline is saying, but there are other types of nap, aren't there? Yes, you might have heard of a 'cat nap' which is kind of similar, but it's not associated with work and we have other words to talk about sleep like 'snooze' or 'to nod off' and many others. OK, well before our audience nods off.