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About Dr. Breus
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in Sleep Disorders, is one of only 163 psychologists in the world with his credentials and distinction.
Dr. Breus is dedicated to informing the public and healthcare communities about sleep disorders and “disordered sleep” in a sleep-deprived society.
I still get amused by people
who think sleep is a state of
nothingness. Or that it’s a time when the body takes a much needed
time-out. On some level, it’s true that sleep is a break from busy wakefulness
for the body’s renewal
processes, but there’s a lot going on up in the brain to make sleep far
from a state of inactivity.
And there’s also a reason
why youngsters sleep so much that has everything to do with development and
high activity. In a
recent study presented by the University of Pennsylvania, researchers
reported on the value of sleep during early
life when the brain is rapidly
maturing and highly changeable:
It’s no surprise to me that another study
confirms what I’ve long known to be true: naps are magic bullets to dramatically boost and restore
brain power.
We’ve all experienced it. You see a face and think, “Where do I now that person from? He looks so familiar!” Sometimes, a few more minutes of pondering or resorting to some awkward inquiry can result in an answer. Other times, you’re not so lucky and you never figure it out. Can your sleep be at all related to this scenario?
A new study just released suggests that yes, our ability to remember faces is linked to how long we are awake.
