It turns out that a lot of what we were taught about sleep and dreaming is incorrect. Dreams are a critical component of sleep- they serve to consolidate our memory, and improve our memory performance.
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Dear Dennis.
The man who might have written on this card once controlled Europe- three short years ago when you were born. Today, he is dead, his memory dispised (sic), his country in ruins He had a thirst for power, a low opinion of man as an individual, and a fear of intellectual honesty. He was a force for evil in the world. His passing, his defeat– a boon to mankind. But, thousands died so it might be so. The price for ridding society of bad is always high.
Love,
Daddy
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Many of you know that I still have a child in college. (Go Wolverines!) And, given his course load, his extracurricular activities, and the fact that he is just out of teenager, study habits are still a topic of discussion. What is the best way to study? (I will leave my own habits on the back burner; I am the anomaly.) Continue reading A test? Did you say a test?
It also turns out that changes in sleep patterns can have a profound effect on our lives. A new study, published in Sleep, states that changes in our sleep patterns that we make- or just happen as we age- in our late middle ages can lead to cognitive decline. This decline is equivalent in scope to adding some 4 to 7 years to our actual mental age. Notice, I said “changes” in sleep patterns.
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