Why sleep is important.pptx - Why sleep is important...

Why sleep is
important
College Success and Personal Wellness
College Success and Personal
Wellness

Sleep...
- Is an essential human function.
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Is a state of altered consciousness during which the body rests and
restores itself.
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Influences every aspect of one's life ex:mood, memory,learning
ability and behaviors.
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Is required for growth, regaining strength and thinking clearly.
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Most people will spend ⅓ of their lives sleeping.
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A healthy lifestyle requires adequate and restful sleep.

Research shows...
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Short-term memories are converted to long-term during sleep.
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Sleep deprivation disrupts regions of the brain which are critical to
making judgements and decisions.
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People may experience greater difficulty integrating emotion and
cognition to guide moral judgments when sleep deprived.
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Poor sleep is linked to increased accidents, mistakes, and decreased
ability to perform a task.
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The American Sleep Foundation estimates that about 60 million
Americans have a sleep-related disorder.

Sleep Cycle
1. In 1928 a German doctor, Hans Berger, successfully recorded the electrical activity of a
sleeping brain using electrodes placed on the scalp. This was the first EEG
(electroencephalogram). Soon techniques were devised to measure the millionths of