In “Our Kids need more sleep”, by Valerie Erde, it is explained that children need more sleep to do well in school. It has a couple of studies that say that children with more sleep do better in school, and are more alert in general. I completely agree with the author. I feel that if middle to high school students were allowed more time to sleep, it would improve most aspects of their life during school days. I know for sure that on the weekends, when I sleep in, I am in an all around better mood, and I am alert and ready for the day.…
Maria Konnikova’s article, The Walking Dead, demonstrates how important sleep truly is. Maria says “Fifty to seventy million Americans have chronic sleep disorders. ”(Pg. 1) Many sleep scientists, from the Harvard Medical School Media Fellowship, have come to the conclusion that the lack of sleep can affect a person greatly.…
“Teens need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep per day,” says the National Sleep Foundation’s website, which describes the facts and consequences of sleep deprivation for teens. We have all heard the phrase, yet to most of us this advice seems unrealistic and impossible due to students various extracurricular activities and responsibilities which cause late bedtimes to be a common occurrence for teenagers. Recent research shows that as an adolescent, our biological sleep patterns make it difficult for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 PM. This proves that getting to bed earlier is not a simple solution. Going through the day feeling tired and moody is not beneficial to students nor to schools, teachers, or staff.…
“Although society often views sleep as a luxury that ambitious or active people cannot afford, research shows that getting enough sleep is a biological…
Frank Bruni has a valid point on sleep deprivation; however, I believe we should take a look at the unwanted pressure and overbearing figures subjecting children and young adults to unattainable…
Sleep can effect us in many way that we may not even notice. Although you don’t think sleep is that important, it really is. It provides many different things throughout the day to help people function better. As said in “How Much Sleep is Enough?”, “Sleeping when your body is ready is also very important.…
Everyone needs sleep. We cannot function without sleep. Babie, children, teens, adults and elderly people all need sleep. It is a wonderful thing that aids us to rejuvenate our bodies and give it rest and relaxation after our hectic day.…
The human brain develops from birth all the way through a human’s late 20s and early 30s. Sleep is a major factor in the productivity of the brain. The brain controls everything in the entire body and it needs to have a significant resting period to regenerate the body and brain. “The most recent national poll shows that more than 87 percent of U.S. high school students get far less than…
These three studies, plus countless more, strongly show that sleep is vital to our functioning and survival as human beings, and the seemingly unconnected failures that can occur with even an hour less of sleep per…
Sleep is a dynamic and regulated set of behavioral and physiological states during which many processes vital to health and well-being take place (sleepfoundation.org) . Why is sleep important? Sufficient sleep is…
Homework chap 3 lifespan Chap 3 Assignment Questions 1. Explain how sleep patterns are characterized over the course of life: infancy, childhood, adolescence/emerging adulthood and adulthood/aging (briefly for each of the 4 stages When we consider the sleep patterns during infancy, we have learned that newborns need approximately 16 to 17 hours a day but, some sleep more than others. Newborns sleep is sporadic: so the need to eat and to change diaper might modify the sleep pattern. Although, the range is from a low of about 10 hours or to high 21 hours per day.…
Eleven healthy, young adult men who voluntarily restricted their sleep to four hours per night for six days were in a pre-diabetic state by the end of the week. While we already knew that sleep is necessary for the brain, these findings on the benefits of sleep pushed sleep research into the deeper realm of potential medical problems. Benefits of Sleep: Weight A study that looked at nearly 1000 working adults in rural Iowa found that those who slept less had a higher BMI (Body Mass Index). The results were the same even when adjusted for confounding factors.…
Sleep is an essential habit we human beings used to utilize. There is hardly possible to imagine our lives without this habit. Though as we people differ between each other the same way sleep patterns do. This overview conducted all around three different publications. One paper overviews history aspects relevant to various sleep patterns.…
Ever wonder why we spend a third of our entire lives being seemingly unproductive and motionless? Studies and proposed theories suggest that there are reasons for this, other than simply being lazy and stagnant. Within our 24-hour days, several psychologists strongly recommend that 8 of those hours be devoted to sleep, and unfortunately, many people today compromise those hours to carry out other tasks, which can deal great harm to their bodies. Two popular theories that stand in the science world today that defines our habit of going to sleep are known as the adaptive theory and the restorative theory.…
Describe the significance of adequate sleep to optimal physiological and cognitive function Dr. Loredo states in the video “Sleep and Sleep Disorders in the Older Adult – Research on Aging” (Loredo, n.d.,) that sleep affects optimal physiological and cognitive functions significantly by improving the ability to learn and in the prevention of diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease. An example of an improvement of a cognitive function is learning. Learning can be furthered by “30, 40, and 50%” (Loredo, n.d.) with sleep habits are improved. This is especially true when students follow the “study, sleep (a good night’s sleep), and take the test” order that Dr. Loredo encourages (Loredo, n.d.). Sleep also affects our health, specifically…