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How sleep helps us learn and respond to the world
Manage episode 358172862 series 2159061
Ever wondered what’s happening in your brain while you sleep and why you need sleep?
QBI researchers Professor Bruno van Swinderen and Dr Sally Staton approach sleep from different ends of the scientific spectrum, but both are fascinated by how sleep helps us learn and respond to the world.
In this conversation, they delve into thought-provoking topics like:
- how sleep impacts a child’s brain development
- the different functions of sleep
- the value of REM sleep
- why study sleep in fruit flies
- how consciousness may have evolved
89 episodes
Manage episode 358172862 series 2159061
Ever wondered what’s happening in your brain while you sleep and why you need sleep?
QBI researchers Professor Bruno van Swinderen and Dr Sally Staton approach sleep from different ends of the scientific spectrum, but both are fascinated by how sleep helps us learn and respond to the world.
In this conversation, they delve into thought-provoking topics like:
- how sleep impacts a child’s brain development
- the different functions of sleep
- the value of REM sleep
- why study sleep in fruit flies
- how consciousness may have evolved
89 episodes
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