Sleep is a natural state where the mind is unconnected from the rest of the world. It is where stress is relieved from the mind. Most people are unaware of the different effects that sleep may have on the body and mind other than rejuvenation. In the TED Talk, “How Your ‘Working Memory’ Makes Sense of the World”, Peter Doolittle talks about how the “working memory” is useful and important to understanding and interpreting of the surroundings of the world. Doolittle performs small tests and explains some examples of how important our memory is, and how much it is used. The importance of the brain to human survival gives the curiosity to understand what effects and changes the way that the average human uses their brain. Sleep is an important
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Acquisition, consolidation, and recall are the three functions that are referred to. The first step, acquisition is when the brain acquires the information from the outside world. The second step, consolidation is the process by which the memory is stable and where sleep may have a factor in. Lastly, recall is the ability of the brain to recall the information given and be able to access it. These are the main steps in how your brain functions and how sleep may affect the outcome. Acquisition and recall occur only during awake, while consolidation takes place during sleep in which the neuron connections are strengthened. These processes are described by Peter Doolittle in a real life example of how we use our working …show more content…
The countless people who struggle with sleep or who struggle to get adequate sleep have influenced many professors and scientists to study the effects of sleep. Fatigue is a common effect that is resulted from loss of sleep, but yet there is still little known of how the sleep deprivation affects the mind. Many tests have been made involving humans and animals in figuring out the affects. Ofer Tchernichovski, associate professor of biology of City College, analyzed the songs of the zebra finch bird to see how the birds are affected. Ofer found out that the birds did not learn their song if they did not get a full night’s sleep. According to Daniel Margoliash, professor of organismal biology and anatomy from University of Chicago, “the robustus archiastralis, shows the same sort of activity during sleep as it does when the bird is singing” (Black 1). These finding shows how sleep is necessary for the zebra finch bird, and how they may help jump start the research towards humans’ connection between sleep and the mind. The hippocampus is also a part of the brain that has been studied for which it follows a similar pattern as the robustus archiastralis. These structures both help with analyzing data and information that the brain has received. The brain structures are receiving similar patterns from when the subjects are awake performing a task
Acquisition, consolidation, and recall are the three functions that are referred to. The first step, acquisition is when the brain acquires the information from the outside world. The second step, consolidation is the process by which the memory is stable and where sleep may have a factor in. Lastly, recall is the ability of the brain to recall the information given and be able to access it. These are the main steps in how your brain functions and how sleep may affect the outcome. Acquisition and recall occur only during awake, while consolidation takes place during sleep in which the neuron connections are strengthened. These processes are described by Peter Doolittle in a real life example of how we use our working …show more content…
The countless people who struggle with sleep or who struggle to get adequate sleep have influenced many professors and scientists to study the effects of sleep. Fatigue is a common effect that is resulted from loss of sleep, but yet there is still little known of how the sleep deprivation affects the mind. Many tests have been made involving humans and animals in figuring out the affects. Ofer Tchernichovski, associate professor of biology of City College, analyzed the songs of the zebra finch bird to see how the birds are affected. Ofer found out that the birds did not learn their song if they did not get a full night’s sleep. According to Daniel Margoliash, professor of organismal biology and anatomy from University of Chicago, “the robustus archiastralis, shows the same sort of activity during sleep as it does when the bird is singing” (Black 1). These finding shows how sleep is necessary for the zebra finch bird, and how they may help jump start the research towards humans’ connection between sleep and the mind. The hippocampus is also a part of the brain that has been studied for which it follows a similar pattern as the robustus archiastralis. These structures both help with analyzing data and information that the brain has received. The brain structures are receiving similar patterns from when the subjects are awake performing a task