1. TATTOW - Summer 2017: Sleeping and learning!
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2. Learning/memory requires three functions:
Acquisition = introduction of new information into the brain
Consolidation = processes by which a memory becomes stable (occurs during SLEEP)
Recall = ability to access the information after it has been stored.
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3. Sleep occurs in cycles:
Non-REM = Slow-wave, deep sleep
REM = Brain activity similar to awake!
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4. Non-REM (slow-wave) sleep promotes:
declarative memory (memory of facts and events)
motor learning
visual learning
REM (short wave) sleep promotes:
procedural memory (memory how to do things)
visual learning
dreams “replay” daily events to reconsolidate memories /learning recently acquired and weed out unnecessary neural connections
flexible reasoning and higher level insights
brain rehearses parts of whatever you're trying to learn, going over and over neural patterns to deepen and strengthen them
complete deactivation of the conscious you in the pre-frontal cortex allows other parts of the brain to put together the neural solution to your learning task while you're sleeping!
must plant the seed…

5. How much sleep do you need?
8 hours
Genetics?
DEC2 = sleep duration (mutations result in individuals sleeping 2 hours less)
ABCC = sleep duration
If need an alarm clock (= 80% world), not getting enough!
as many as a quarter of all college students are chronically sleep deprived…
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