CMU School of Drama


Thursday, November 30, 2006

40 facts about Sleep you probably didn’t know

lifehack.org: "This is not a post with full of tips, but it contains some very interesting facts about sleep. "

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Some scientists believe we dream to fix experiences in long-term memory, that is, we dream about things worth remembering. Others reckon we dream about things worth forgetting - to eliminate overlapping memories that would otherwise clog up our brains."

If either are tru, I wonder which side nightmares fall under.

-Serrano

Anonymous said...

I just love sleeping. Going to bed knowing that the following morning you won´t hear the alarm clock, is a real pleasure.
For that reason, personally I think that having a sleeping disorder must be horrible...
To me, the article lacks a reference about how boredom can lead to a recomforting nap...

Laura Prieto Garcia

Anonymous said...

sleeping is the one that i love the most ever, but i fall asleep in a minute every night. it's just because of all the works.! when it comes to a conversation about sleeping, i feel like crying..

Harriet said...

i agree with emily. this article makes me sad. and by sad i really mean tired.
i wonder if they've done a study comparing to increased sleep with decreased food and vice versa.
however, this article did teach me that i'm sleep deprived with the under 5 minute thing.

Christopher said...

I dream a lot, but only on weekends. It is interesting to see how the sleep cycle works for sleep-deprived people (what a great sampling we have). For the truly deprived, when you fall asleep, you will almost immediately enter the REM cycle and remain in that state for hours (much different from the short bursts during normal sleep).
This can lead to very long very intense dreams.
So get your ZZZZZs, kids.