GO TO SLEEP ALREADYBy: Jordan Clark

WORLD RECORDS

Longest time gone without sleeping is 11 days back in 1965

Longest time someone has slept without interruption is 5 days and nights

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WHAT IS THE REASON FOR SLEEPING?•To live

•Recuperation•To help the brain retain information from the day•Keeping us alert and focused

DOES OUR BRAIN SLEEP?

• NO! While we sleep our brain is hard at work• Parts of our brain work more while we sleep than when we’re awake

SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Occurs when we don’t get enough sleep

Can effect growth hormones and testosterone

Effects our behavior in a negative way

(2008). Psychology. New York, NY : Worth Publishers

HOURS NEEDED TO SLEEP PER NIGHT

Infants need 16 to 18 hours Teenagers need about 9 hours Adults need an average of 7-8 hours

(2009). Are You Getting Enough Sleep?. from http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-requirement

SHOULD WE NAP?

Yes, at about 3:00 We start to lose

focus and motivation to finish our work

Just a short power nap will help you perform better

JOURNAL ARTICLE

“sws is particularly favorable to explicit memory traces” (Maquet, 2001)

This is during the time of sleep when we retain the information that we learned that day

There are different levels of sleep:

“Molecular level” “Neuronal

assemblies” “Macroscopic brain

system level”(All from Maquet,

2001) Maquet, Pierre (2001,11,2). The Role of Sleep in Learning and

Memory. 294, Retrieved 7/10/2009, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3084946

CONCLUSION

To stay alive you need to sleep To keep focused during the day you

may need to take a nap Every night you should get between 8

and 10 hours of sleep Do not get sleep deprived, its not good! GO get some sleep

REFERENCES

Maquet, Pierre (2001,11,2). The Role of Sleep in Learning and Memory. 294, Retrieved 7/10/2009, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3084946

(2008). Psychology. New York, NY : Worth Publishers

(2009). Are You Getting Enough Sleep?. from http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-requirement

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