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Lose Sleep, Fail To Form Memory
Rambo Tribble writes: 'A research team of Chinese and American scientists claim to have witnessed the mechanism by which sleep contributes to the formation of memories. Using advanced microscopy, the researchers witnessed synapses being formed in the brain of sleeping mice recently exposed to a learning task (abstract). They compared this to similarly tasked mice, that were subsequently sleep-deprived. The sleeping mice showed a marked increase in the formation of new synapses. As one researcher explained, "We thought sleep helped, but it could have been other causes, and we show it really helps to make connections and that in sleep the brain is not quiet, it is replaying what happened during the day and it seems quite important for making the connections.'''
Yeah, does this mean when I passed out drunk it actually WAS better than cramming all night?
I'm going to take this as proof that my 18 and 19 y/o self had it all figured out.
Not in my dreams. I did not discover a huge new type of shark yesterday nor did I end up in Brazil selling a guy a bunch of old US yellowpages for $50.
That explains a lot of code I've read over the years.....
Hmm, the humour and sarcasm seem to have been be lost on you.
I don't remember reading anything like that.
I think that furry little kid you adopted was a honey badger.