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The Impact of Sleep on Memory and Learning
1:24:25 - 1:32:06 (07:40)
During deep non-REM sleep, our brain cements new memories. Alcohol disrupts sleep and blocks dream sleep, which affects the memory consolidation process. Napping can help refresh and recuperate learning ability, particularly with increased sleep spindles during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep.
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Napping for 90 minutes during non-rapid eye movement sleep can increase the number of spindles, leading to better recuperation and refreshment of learning ability.
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Summary
Napping for 90 minutes during non-rapid eye movement sleep can increase the number of spindles, leading to better recuperation and refreshment of learning ability. This is due to the ultradian rhythm in human beings, where our sleep cycle goes from non-REM to REM every 90 minutes.
ChapterThe Impact of Sleep on Memory and Learning
Episode#654: Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep Continued — The Hidden Dangers of Melatonin, Tools for Insomnia, Enhancing Learning and Sleep Spindles, The Upsides of Sleep Divorce, How Sleep Impacts Sex (and Vice Versa), Adventures in Lucid Dreaming, The One Clock to Rule Them All, The IP Addresses of Your Memories, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Deep non-REM sleep is necessary to cement new memories in the brain, with 15-20 minute naps providing benefits without the heavy sleep inertia.
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Deep non-REM sleep is necessary to cement new memories in the brain, with 15-20 minute naps providing benefits without the heavy sleep inertia. Sleep after learning is also crucial to fixate new memories into the neural architecture of the brain.
ChapterThe Impact of Sleep on Memory and Learning
Episode#654: Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep Continued — The Hidden Dangers of Melatonin, Tools for Insomnia, Enhancing Learning and Sleep Spindles, The Upsides of Sleep Divorce, How Sleep Impacts Sex (and Vice Versa), Adventures in Lucid Dreaming, The One Clock to Rule Them All, The IP Addresses of Your Memories, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Alcohol disrupts sleep by sedating and fragmenting it, but also blocking dream sleep which affects memory consolidation.
1:28:44 - 1:32:06 (03:22)
Summary
Alcohol disrupts sleep by sedating and fragmenting it, but also blocking dream sleep which affects memory consolidation. Sleep deprivation, even one night, can also harm memory consolidation because there is a selective time window of opportunity for the process to occur.