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To some, sleep may seem a total waste of time. Why would our bodies evolve to spend close to one-third of our lives completely out of it, when we could instead be doing something useful or exciting? Scientists have been telling us that sleep is essential for forming and consolidating memories and that it plays a key role in the formation of new neuronal connections and the pruning of old ones. But if sleep was just to remember what you did yesterday, that doesn’t seem important enough. A series of studies published in the journals Science and Sleep now tell us that sleep plays a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance.
As one’s body sleeps, the brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor. It clears out all of the junk that has gathered during the day’s thinking. According to professor Christian Benedict of Uppsala University, Sweden, not getting enough sleep is conducive to a loss of brain tissue. “My study supports previous studies which linked a lack of sleep with increased risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s book Nature Shock links the loss of one hour of sleep to the loss of two years of brain power.
The lesson from all these studies is simple. If we don’t sleep well, we may be allowing the very things that cause neural degeneration to pile up unchecked. The lesson is more relevant today as the modern society is ill equipped to provide our brains with the requisite cleaning time. Sleep is a big deal for us all, but especially for children and teenagers, who spend even more time in the sleep cycles that are responsible for strengthening neural connections, consolidating memory and creating links between disparate memories. It is time we realised that sleep is not an optional activity that can be sacrificed, but a vital biological function and not a waste of time.
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As one’s body sleeps, the brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor. It clears out all of the junk that has gathered during the day’s thinking. According to professor Christian Benedict of Uppsala University, Sweden, not getting enough sleep is conducive to a loss of brain tissue. “My study supports previous studies which linked a lack of sleep with increased risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s book Nature Shock links the loss of one hour of sleep to the loss of two years of brain power.
The lesson from all these studies is simple. If we don’t sleep well, we may be allowing the very things that cause neural degeneration to pile up unchecked. The lesson is more relevant today as the modern society is ill equipped to provide our brains with the requisite cleaning time. Sleep is a big deal for us all, but especially for children and teenagers, who spend even more time in the sleep cycles that are responsible for strengthening neural connections, consolidating memory and creating links between disparate memories. It is time we realised that sleep is not an optional activity that can be sacrificed, but a vital biological function and not a waste of time.
@@Skull and Bones @Dash @Alpha1 @Flamingo @levina @Armstrong @DRAY @desert warrior @jbgt90 @Srinivas @kbd-raaf @BDforever @Aamna14 @Kurama @Marshmallow @haman10 @WAR-rior @Roybot @timetravel @gslvmk3 @Bombermanx1 @Guynextdoor2 @scorpionx @isro2222 @Indo-guy @gslv @gslvmk3 @madooxno9 @Indischer @bornmoron @jaunty
To all members of PDF who stays late up in the night to post!!
They stay up because they love posting 
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