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https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/News-and-Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Study-shows-how-taking-short-breaks-may-help-our-brains

"In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and discovered why taking short breaks from practice is a key to learning. The researchers found that during rest the volunteers’ brains rapidly and repeatedly replayed faster versions of the activity seen while they practiced typing a code. The more a volunteer replayed the activity the better they performed during subsequent practice sessions, suggesting rest strengthened memories."
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/413/36457

Oxford Comma: a comma before "and" in lists. When should you use it?

Examples from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma:

To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. ====> To my parents, Ayn Rand, and God.
My usual breakfast is coffee, bacon and eggs and toast. =======> My usual breakfast is coffee, bacon and eggs, and toast.
Vitor Schietti's "impermanent sculptures"