I recently watched TED Talk about how the brain is affected by sleep. In the video, it talked about how sleep is meant for our brain to regenerate. How much sleep we get determines how well our brain recharges, and therefore how well we are able to function the following day, whether it be social interaction, memory, or just listening and taking in information. The speaker, Dan Gartenberg, stated that "the average American, [thanks to the invention of the lightbulb,] sleeps a whole hour less than in the 1940s." It makes you wonder just how much better we could function if we got that hour back every day. It's also a known fact that lack of sleep throughout one's life can lead to disease and other health problems, Alzheimers disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke being a few of them.
Later in the video, Gartenberg talked about the three stages of sleep: Light sleep, Rapid Eye Movement (REM), and Deep sleep. It is during deep sleep that our brain experiences the most regeneration, by a large amount. He explained that it is during deep sleep that our brains turn our interactions during the day into our memory and personality (in other words, it's very important!). He said that deep sleep is by far the most important stage of sleep.This led to some research being done on how we could increase the deep sleep stage. Gartenberg and some fellow researchers found that if a certain noise could be played during the deep sleep stage, it could increase the brain activity, as in, its regenerative process. The sound that he played in the video sounded kind of like a whooshing sound you would hear in a car wash or something. They found that if we could create a device that played these sounds when we were in deep sleep, it would really help our brain's regenerate, and help us to be more healthy overall!
- Christian
Here's a link to the TED Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gartenberg_the_brain_benefits_of_deep_sleep_and_how_to_get_more_of_it#t-304006
Your insight in this is very strong. It shows that you have a working understanding of the material in the chapter/the Ted talks. The blog is organized very well and it way that it flows is very nice too. So well done and i am excited to read the bext blog.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see Daniel's comment to this post. Good job in putting it together. I wish though that you made more connection to self and why you chose to write about this and what were some of your personal learning. I see you reported what the researchers spoke about their study but there is a need for you to take it a step further to make the readers know of why it is important that they read your blog rather than the original article of their research or the tedtalk.
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ReplyDeleteHey Christian! I thought you blog post was very interesting! I had no idea that lack of sleep was a cause of so many diseases and health problems. It makes sense though! You did very well on pulling this post together but I do agree with Dr. Pris in saying that it was a little difficult to see. Good job!
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