Blog Two -- restructuring memories & more

On Page 52 of Steven W. Lockley & Russell G. Foster's book, Sleep: A Very Short Introduction, there is a very short paragraph on animal and human studies on what is now called "sleep-dependent memory processing." The paragraph explains that if animals or humans are sleep deprived we are less likely to remember being shown a new task or learning something new. Our brains during sleep reconstruct our memories and allow us to remember them longer. "The chance of gaining insight is almost three times higher if the individual is allowed to sleep, and some tasks are never learned if sleep is restricted the night after learning" (Sleep, 52). I found this important because it's going to highly discourage me from pulling an all-nighter during exam week...maybe.

Until next time, 

Audri Matsler.