The list of benefits from getting good sleep are endless. New research shows that getting good sleep today could have a dramatic impact on your memory 30 years from now. So if you want to stay sharp in your golden years – sleeping now could be the best way to do it.

This is the conclusion of a new study recently published by the director of Baylor University’s Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory. The study consisted of Michael K. Scullin studied over 50 years of sleep research and found that there was a clear correlation between those who got a good sleep in their youth with those who had above average memory in their later years.

But knowing how well you slept isn’t always as easy as you might think. For many of us, we may sleep 8 hours during the night, but that doesn’t mean our brain is going through healthy sleep cycles. This is why we think it’s important to understand EXACTLY how you sleep with a sleep tracker. This way you can be confident that you’re doing all you can to make sure you’re investing properly in your health today.