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It’s Fine If Your Kid Doesn’t Want to Stick to a Bedtime
Sometimes we don’t give kids enough credit — as easy as childhood can seem to those of us who are on the other side of it, it’s also essentially a long slog through a bunch of things you don’t want … Continue reading
How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep
Research strongly suggests that sleep, which constitutes about a third of our lives, is crucial for learning and forming long-term memories. But exactly how such memory is formed is not well understood and remains, despite considerable research, a central question … Continue reading
The Sleeping Brain
Why do we spend a third of our life asleep? The answer seems obvious: To recover from the “fatigue” of being awake, to be ready for another day of challenges, good or bad. All of us have experienced the consequences … Continue reading
Brain blocks formation of new Memories to safeguard consolidating existing Memories
According to a new study, the brain blocks the ability for creating new memories shortly after waking in order to prevent the disruption of the stabilization of memory consolidation that occurs during sleep. Bar-Ilan University scientists show that a protein … Continue reading
How Sleep deprivation affects Children’s Brains
Sleep deprivation affects children’s brains differently than adults’, according to a new study. Any parent can tell you about the consequences of their child not getting enough sleep. But there is far less known about the details of how sleep … Continue reading
Posted in Brain development, Brains, Children, Sleep
Tagged brain development, brains, Children, sleep
REM, not Incubation, improves Creativity by priming Associative Networks
The hypothesized role of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is rich in dreams, in the formation of new associations, has remained anecdotal. We examined the role of REM on creative problem solving, with the Remote Associates Test (RAT). Using … Continue reading
Posted in Brain networks, Creative problem solving, Creativity, Dreams, Humans, Memory, Sleep
Tagged brain networks, Creative problem solving, creativity, Dreams, human, memory, sleep
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night – but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural. In the … Continue reading
