Importance of sleep

brain is neurologically connected to mind and behavior. As someone who preserves about seven hours of sleep, I feel that sleep is vital for living organisms to function in their daily activities. However, I stumbled upon an article that discusses the importance of taking a rest. While people have the impression that sleep will attribute to a healthier mind and body, many wouldn’t recognize the importance of rest in conjunction of storing information. In fact, resting for a few minutes can improve memory

The Roles of NREM and REM Sleep On Memory Consolidation All mammals exhibit Rapid-Eye-Movement, or REM, sleep, and yet on certain levels this type of sleep would seem to be disadvantageous. During REM sleep, which is when most dreams occur, the brain uses much more energy than during non-REM (NREM) sleep. (1) This "waste" of energy coupled with the increased vulnerability of this state on account of the body's paralysis at this time suggests that there must be a very important reason, or

Sleep Deprivation It’s seven thirty in the morning, the time that most American high schools begin class. Instead of being chipper and ready to learn, most teenagers, at this time of the morning, can barely remain awake. These puffy eyed pupils are by no means ready to learn. Sixty percent children under 18 reported being sleepy during the day, with another fifteen percent reporting that they had fallen asleep during the school day within the past year (National Sleep Foundation, Dozing)

While each of these factors of health are important in their own right, without sleep, a child cannot function well enough to learn how to manage stress or to eat correctly. Thus, the first marker of wellness that will be discussed is that of sleep. The first children’s book regarding sleep habits is titled Don’t Turn the Page (2014), written by Rachelle Burk. This story follows a mother and daughter porcupine as Sami, the child, gets

typical college student to sacrifice their sleep. Young adults know they have to balance their time between sleep, academics, and a social life, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to have all three. As a consequence, the majority of students would prefer to sleep less because they could never imagine of sacrificing their social life, especially at a university town like Madison. At the same time, though, students at UW-Madison know the importance of maintaining a strong grade point average

a means for examining the relationship between REM sleep and memory. I will describe previous research and then investigate how REM and memory are associated in young people and in older people. In some ways, the sleep patterns of these two groups are very similar, but in some ways they are not. 1a. As the night goes on, the normal brain has shorter periods of time in the deepest level of sleep, NREM-3, and longer periods of time in REM sleep. Relative to younger people, older people spend very

expand my knowledge concerning the importance of maintaining one’s health in order to optimize one’s quality of life. My educational experience at the University of Maryland has reemphasized the importance of health professionals attuning to their patients holistic health, such as their social, emotional, and physical well-being, instead of solely focusing on their disease status. One specific topic that affects the holistic health of undergraduate students is sleep deprivation. I am interested in this

Title + Author: Why We Sleep by: Matthew Walker, PhD. Summary: The book “Why We Sleep” takes a neuroscientific view on everything related to sleep, from why we struggle to fall asleep, to the benefits of sleep, dreaming and its purpose, and the stigma associated with sleep and work. The book discusses sleep in relation to the body, like the brain (memory, emotions, and reaction times), the immune system, appetite/metabolism, and overall health. Through various studies all around the world, Matthew

Sleep is an essential, fundamental process that has been programmed in almost all life forms since the early development of birth. The importance and benefits of sleep lies paramount in comparison to other functions we do as humans including eating! Some scientist even say that you will die from sleep deprivation before you will die from food deprivation because when a person sleep your body is still very much awake and undergoes numerous functions. When health functions like memory consolidation

attention deficit, with sleep duration. Research has been done about these issues, but focused exclusively on adolescents. This article shows how researchers try to answer questions on how depression and attention deficit is associated with sleep duration. The researchers of this study have hypothesized that there is a “close connection between sleep duration, poor attention and depressive symptoms”, in non-clinical children. They have planned to explore the children’s sleep duration, bedtime behavior