Sleep is ‘like a rollercoaster’ which may contribute to waking up confused
BY ISABEL DAYMAN | SAT 12 AUG 2017, 2:45 PM AEST | Abc.net.au Have you ever woken up not knowing where you are? Do you wake up feeling confused or panicked, unsure of how you got there or how long you’ve been asleep for? Sleep expert Emeritus Professor Leon Lack, from Flinders University, explains what causes the strange sensations we experience when waking up. Why do I wake up confused and disorientated? Professor Lack said while there hadn’t been much research around the phenomenon, the body’s “rollercoaster” sleep cycle was probably to blame for feelings of confusion and disorientation. “Our …
NEW STUDY CONFIRMS WE CAN INDEED LEARN IN OUR SLEEP — BUT THERE’S A CATCH
By Luke Dormehl — Posted on August 11, 2017 8:49 pm | DigitalTrends.com It’s the dream of any kid too lazy to study: put on a set of earphones when you go to bed and learn while you’re sleeping. The good news? According to a new study, this is absolutely a possibility. The bad news? It’s not quite as simple as that. The research, published in the journal Nature, shows that new auditory memories can be formed as we sleep, although these are only laid down during particular phases of our slumber. In an experiment, sleeping subjects were exposed to …
What is deep sleep and how much of it should you be getting?
Oliver Wheaton for Metro.co.uk | Thursday 3 Aug 2017 2:07 pm | Metro.co.uk There are several different stages of sleeping, but the one which is most important to the body is deep sleep. In the modern age with our hectic lives and constant stimuli, people are getting less and less deep sleep, which can be having an affect on our health. What is deep sleep? Sleep researchers generally divide sleep up into five stages. Stages one and two are ‘light sleep’, stages three and four are ‘deep sleep’, while stage five is REM. Light sleep occurs when you first nod …
REM vs. Non-REM Sleep: The Stages of Sleep
By Cari Nierenberg, Live Science Contributor | July 19, 2017 11:19pm ET | LiveScience.com Scientists once thought that sleep was a passive state, a time when a person’s brain and body shut down for the night to rest and recover. But now, researchers know that sleep is a highly active time, a period during which the brain and some physiological processes may be hard at work. For example, some hormones involved in growth in children, cell repair or digestion are boosted during sleep. Brain pathways involved in learning and memory also increase, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). …
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