This Just In

A roundup of new and noteworthy insights from the week’s most talked-about studies:

1 NAPS MAY HELP PRESCHOOLERS PROCESS LESSONS

A small study in Child Development found that 3-year-olds who napped directly after learning new verbs understood the words more fully 24 hours later than those who did not nap afterward.

2 VEGGIES HELP YOU BEEF UP

A study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition analyzed the health records of nearly 3,000 people and found that plant-based protein benefits musculoskeletal health as equally as animal protein.

3 DOCTORS WHO TRAINED ABROAD MAY BE BETTER AT THEIR JOBS

A study in the BMJ found that doctors who trained abroad and were practicing in the U.S. had a patient death rate of 11.2% among a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries from 2011 to 2014, while the rate was 11.6% for patients of U.S. medical-school graduates.

–J.Z.