General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
-
RosemaryB
- Posts: 1443
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:19 pm
Post
by RosemaryB » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:41 pm
Interesting article from the NY Times discussing some theories and research about how REM and deep sleep (stages 3 and 4) affect memory consolidation in different ways. I think you have to register (free).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/healt ... wanted=all
Now, a small group of neuroscientists is arguing that at least one vital function of sleep is bound up with learning and memory. A cascade of new findings, in animals and humans, suggest that sleep plays a critical role in flagging and storing important memories, both intellectual and physical, and perhaps in seeing subtle connections that were invisible during waking — a new way to solve a math or Easter egg problem, even an unseen pattern causing stress in a marriage.
-
jskinner
- Posts: 1473
- Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:21 pm
- Location: Greenwich, Nova Scotia, Canada
-
Contact:
Post
by jskinner » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:06 am
Interesting read. It fits in well with the book I just finished reading,
REM illumination.
-
DreamStalker
- Posts: 7503
- Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:58 am
- Location: Nowhere & Everywhere At Once
Post
by DreamStalker » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:52 am
So it's not a complete failure of injecting intelligent design into the US public education system ... but rather a deterioration of quality sleep that explains declining skills and knowledge in math, science, and engineering in our country?
Nice read!
President-pretender, J. Biden, said "the DNC has built the largest voter fraud organization in US history". Too bad they didn’t build the smartest voter fraud organization and got caught.