Benjamin Franklin said, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Little did he know that modern science would prove him right.
It may feel like sleep is a time when all of your systems shuts down. You shut your eyes, things go dark, and unless you are interrupted by a powerful dream, nothing happens until you wake. In reality, when you shut-down, your brain ramps up. During sleep, the brain is actively at work, processing your memories for future use. During sleep, your brain completes a process called consolidation which appears to enhance the storage of your memories. While an all-night study session may get you through a test later that day, it is a learning disaster. Without sleep, the memories you pack into an all-night study session may quickly disappear. Sleep gives your new memories one more chance to form into a more useable package. To ensure that information you want or need to know in the future has time to process, be sure to add sleep to your study schedule.
Look at the information below to see how your brain waves change from the time you are awake to the time you are in a deep sleep.
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When you go to sleep, does your brain go to sleep also?
- No, it goes into a twilight state.
- No, it begins processing the last things you did or saw.
- Yes, it requires several hours of rest each day.
- No, it is very active in processing and consolidating memories.
When you sleep, your brain is actively processes and consolidates memories.
When you sleep, your brain is actively processes and consolidates memories.
When you sleep, your brain is actively processes and consolidates memories.
When you sleep, your brain is actively processes and consolidates memories.
All-night study sessions are not very effective because they rob the brain of what opportunity?
- take a break
- consolidate memories
- experience a change of activities
- refuel
All-night study sessions rob the brain of the opportunity to consolidate memories.
All-night study sessions rob the brain of the opportunity to consolidate memories.
All-night study sessions rob the brain of the opportunity to consolidate memories.
All-night study sessions rob the brain of the opportunity to consolidate memories.
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