Rethinking Sleep Randall Analysis

This investigation examines is it possible for light pulses to alter the motor skills, and cardiac movements of biological life forms. Is it possible to change how biological lifeforms functions if we were to shine a light on them every hour at night? Knowing how most animals work, and from that of human experience I can say that light is what makes us stay awake; therefore if we have a light shined on us every hour would we lose sleep? These are the type of questions I will be answering throughout my extended essay. I will talk about how our sleep is affected by light, and monitor this so I can then record the data. I will also be discussing why we sleep. Which you may be wondering how this ties into light, however light does damage our skin

Sacrificing Sleep? This is What It Will Do to Your Health by Sandee Lamott creates strategies for better health and identifies the risks one would take by not sleeping. Health-wise, it’s genuinely easy to understand how it would be unhealthy for your body and its functions. Not sleeping has been linked with many kind of disasters that range from physical occurrences such as car crashes to diseases such as dementia and anxiety. “Sleep deprivation is threatening the health of up to 45% of the world’s population,” (Lamott, 1). Many individuals like myself have been/are sleep deprived, in fact, “50 million to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders,” (Lamott, 1).

“The Seems The Glitch in Sleep” by John Hulme and Michael Wexler. I think the main message is if you don’t solve the problem quick enough, the problem will get bigger. I think this because the the glitch is getting worse, if Becker doesn’t do something, the glitch will get worse. In the story, Becker had a very bad nightmare. It was made by three giant bed bugs torturing him. The glitch was moving very fast. After that there was the ripple effect, it is when the world have strange and very bad things happen. Then Becker got tortured by the bed again but this time his assistant Simly, helped. Then the bed bugs, Becker, and Simly fell down to the floor below.

(Ethos/Credibility) I've made a huge research upon this issue and find out that a sleep of a minimum of 8 hours is extremely necessary, no matter one belong to which stage of life and work at anywhere.

There have been many experiments performed trying to find the correlation between sleep and memory. One of these experiments has showed that different stages of sleep has different effects on memory for instance, not only has sleep been seen to combine new memory with old long-term memories, but also helps stabilize memory (Born & Rasch, 2013). Using the Memory Interference Test (MIT), Amir conducted an experiment to further confirm the conclusion that the sleep improves a person’s memory. The experiment compared the amount of correctly remembered pictures by a sample people who had eight hours of sleep compared to a sample with only four hours of sleep. The hypothesis is that there is a correlation between the amount of sleep a person

A study recorded by Goldman, McDonough, and Rosemond in 1972 “noted that sleep-deprived junior doctors were more hesitant and showed less focused planning during a surgical procedure” (Harrison). Even doctors are affected by this. Doctors need to be able to make quick choices and to stay focus; people’s lives are in their hands, sleep is essential to being successful. Although everyone is not responsible for people’s lives, sleep still affects them mentally daily, and each day it builds up and becomes worse. In an interview with Professor Cathy Newell from Mesa Community College stated “they are able to get on a treadmill and still make it and what not, but where we see the most impairment is over a course. Like if we deprived them for 24-30 hours. Mental cognitive function tends to decrease” (Newell). People can last longer physically compare too mentally. The mind is running 24/7, and sleep gives it the ability to organize itself and fire off any leftover electrons, giving the mind the ability to dream in stage four REM sleep. Sleep deprivation does not happen overnight, it happens over a period of time. As Cathy Newell stated it happened after 24-30 hours of sleep deprivation marks the start of the cognitive function deteriorating. Many things can throw off a person’s sleep. A study conducted in 1792, a French geophysicist discovered the

As a college student, the information David Randall presents is very intriguing due to the fact that most of us are sleep deprived due to late night studying, among other things. It is very evident that Randall relies on statistics to build and progress his argument. He tells us how over time certain statistics have increases and by how much. This opens our eyes and makes us realize that there really is an issue. By providing these sources Randall becomes trustworthy and our doubt of whether this is true or not are put to rest. The author comes into contact with our feels once he brings in true stories to the picture. He informs us of the incidents that have occurred due to sleep deprivation. At this point the issue becomes more than a statistical

In the article , “ The Truth about Napping”, the text analyzes how, “...nighttime sleep or a daytime nap, primes the brain to function at a higher level, allowing us to come up with better ideas, find solutions to puzzles more quickly, identify patterns faster and recall information more accurately,” (“The Truth about Napping”, paragraph 6). This points out that both nighttime and daytime naps can assist in healing the brain concentrate and focus while dealing with laborious puzzles. Napping can also help the brain become attentive enough to the point where recalling information is an effortless task. Identifying patterns are an asset from having an attentive and alert perspective which comes from the benefits of napping as well. In the end, napping either in the morning or at nighttime is profitable while dealing with difficult predicaments and helping one overcome them with

This essay focuses on evaluating three functions of sleep. These functions include mental health (Jackowska et al, 2011), cardiovascular disease (Kronholm et al, 2011) and memory (Hu et al, 2006). The key aspects are explained in detail with regards to studies. The findings from the studies will help justify the function and it’s involvement with sleep. Sleep is important for an individual’s well being, survival, brain development, emotional regulation, cognitive function, memory, and in order to protect mental and cardiovascular health. An individual should sleep for 6-8 hours. A recent suggestion by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommended that an individual should sleep for minimum 7 hours. The quality of sleep is significant to maintain healthy brain functions. Evidence, indicating that good sleep quality is essential for mood and health then duration (Chandola et al, 2010). The researches implied will enable the understanding of the functions of sleep and evaluate the evidence of each of the functions, including advantages and limitations. Furthermore ethical issues are discussed, and an overall summary of the essay is briefed.

Success in life is typically measured by the result of what is accomplished during the waking hours. The degree of effectiveness of those hours however, depend on effective rest. “Sleep is integral to the health and well-being of all people” (Wells 233). Sleep is simply defined as the body’s rest cycle – a time to recharge. The widely accepted metric for normal or sufficient sleep is about 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. When this metric is not met, either through total sleep loss or accumulated sleep debt, the effect can be dire, “Sleep deprivation results in poor memorizing, schematic thinking, which yields wrong decisions, and emotional disturbances such as deteriorated interpersonal responses and increased aggressiveness” (Orzeł-Gryglewska 95). Sleep deprivation hinders the abilities of the mind, harms the body, and shortens length of life.

Sleep researchers often attempt to uncover methods permitting humans to sleep less, but still function at an acceptable level. One example of researchers finding ways to cheat sleeping is the study of polyphasic sleep patterns. Research on polyphasic sleep patterns asserts that a person can break up their sleep into portions, thus having extra time to be productive. Articles that encourage polyphasic sleep also ambitiously play with the title’s diction, trying to spike interest, but instead misguides students to develop a delusion and assume sleep is unimportant. Even with scientists denouncing polyphasic sleeping as a myth, students still consider sleeping as a waste of time, and can be more productive by staying up all night doing homework. Although students misconceive that depriving sleep enhances work efficiency, not enough sleep is detrimental to health, because it stimulates loss of physical health and decreases brain function.

The question people have spreading around the world is that is napping good or bad so i'm going show you some evidence from all 3 sources from the article. So first off Let's start off with source #1 it states that ¨Naps may provide a short-term boost in alertness and performance¨ However it also states in source #2 that ¨a professor at the University of pennsylvania, found that latting subjects nap for as little as 24 minutes improved their cognitive performance¨. Also in paragraph 5 on source it states that ¨They did research with volunteers. The researchers found that napping improved memory but not alertness.¨ this can help us say why naps are helpful but at the sametime it can't, here's why, because it's telling us that it will improve something that we need but then it's saying that we will not be aware at the time so it's basically a win-lose situation.

Numerous dimensions of sleep are capable of predicting significant health outcomes. Inadequate sleep is a frequently explored area within research and respective associations have been drawn in regards to its effect on both mental and physical health (Kroese, Evers, Adriaanse, Ridder, 2016). Digdon and Howell (2008) note procrastination to be the inclination to postpone task commencement or conclusion, wavering actions, or the demonstration of insufficient time allotment for the accomplishment of tasks. Therefore, opting to go to bed later than primarily intended with no external influence is termed bedtime procrastination (Kroese., et al. 2016).

In this article, researchers used three studies to attempt to determine if sleep affects declarative memory (Schönauer, Pawlizki, Köck, & Gais, 2014). The study seems to test an association between the variables of sleep and declarative memory, and the study attempts to make the casual claim that “Sleep does not preferentially consolidate a specific kind of declarative memory, but consistently promotes overall declarative memory formation” (Schönauer et al., 2014, para. 5). The overall validity of this experiments appears to be quite strong, as the researchers appeared to carefully measure their variables and prioritized the different validities in order to achieve an accurate result.

A conflict in literature has four parts: man versus man, man versus nature, man versus himself, or man versus society, in the novel The Big Sleep it is man versus man. In the story General Sternwood is being blackmailed with provocative photos of his youngest daughter, the general believes it is Arthur Gwynn Geiger. This is the conflict because throughout the novel the private detective Marlowe is trying to solve if it is indeed Arthur Gwynn Geiger or if it is some else who is blackmailing General Sternwood. However, at the end Owen Taylor the Sternwood’s chauffeur kills Geiger to clear Carmen’s name although his death is unclear.