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Why Do We Need Sleep For Our Brain

Your brain needs adequate sleep to absorb, and to retain new memories. Scientist validated these assumptions by comparing a group of sleep deprived students to a group that got 8 hours of sleep before taking a test. The former had a 40% deficit in their ability to make memories. For some children, this could be the difference between getting an A and failing.

TED Talks Daily · Sleep is your superpower by Matt Walker · at 1:27 · ·Transcript

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