It was first thought that sleeping helps better encode
memories and information experienced and learned throughout the day. During sleep,
there was an opportunity for brain networks to re-balance themselves. However,
newer studies have indicated that this may be incorrect.
I read an article titled “Sleep suppresses homeostatic
re-balancing of brain activity” and it explains that instead of sleep increasing
the re-balancing of brain networks, it decreases it. It is now said that homeostatic
brain activity re-balancing happens when people are awake rather than asleep.
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These findings suggest that things like memory consolidation
and homeostatic re-balancing have to be temporally separated from each other so
they don’t interfere with each other and cause problems. There is more information
in the article below, I just wanted to provide a brief summary of the
discovery.
This article taught me that some scientific findings can
seem true, but everything can be proved wrong. There will always be advances in
technology that can lead to advances and changes in scientific discoveries. Things
today are always changing and developing and we can’t always believe what was
once “right”. New discoveries, especially in science, can prove old theories
wrong and things like this can change the world and how we perceive it. This article was a good source of information, I have used this source before. Check out the article below!
"Sleep
Suppresses Homeostatic Rebalancing of Brain Activity." News-Medical.net.
News Medical, 22 Mar. 2016. Web. 24 Mar. 2016.
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