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Why sleep is important - LoneDevil - 03-03-2013
There are five stages of sleep, I will only go over the fifth stages, as the other four are relatively unimportant.
And are really just transitional phases to get to the fifth.
Now the fifth stage is called rem cycle.
Rem is short for rapid eye movement.
It's the stage in which memories of the day are recorded.
It only lasts for a short burst of time, but occurs multiple times throughout sleep.
Many psychologists also link it to that of defragmenting a computers hard drive.
Because it also sorts out your memories in the proper sections of the brain.
During this stage of sleep your dreams are that of what transpired earlier in the day, but in a weird way.
For instance, you might have seen a cat walk down the road, but in your dream you see a cat on a unicycle.
It's called rapid eye movement because during this stage you'll see the persons eyes moving rapidly (eye lids open but asleep.)
So to conclude this, sleep is important, with out it you can't retain the information from the day.
RE: Why sleep is important - chmod - 03-03-2013
Sleep deprivation has also been linked to hallucinations, paranoia and other side effects. In short you deprive yourself of sleep you start to loose your grip on reality I always thought REM happened with the eyelids closed though
RE: Why sleep is important - Nailo - 03-03-2013
was working all night i feel like shit now hahaah
RE: Why sleep is important - bluedog.tar.gz - 03-03-2013
I hate sleeping, I hate waking up.
You know that feeling?
RE: Why sleep is important - LoneDevil - 03-03-2013
(03-03-2013, 01:22 AM)chmod Wrote: Sleep deprivation has also been linked to hallucinations, paranoia and other side effects. In short you deprive yourself of sleep you start to loose your grip on reality I always thought REM happened with the eyelids closed though
No rem is with your eyelids open, however your eyes are rolled to the back of the head, making it so the observer only sees the milky white side.
Just look at it this way, if the eyelids were closed, how could the researcher see the movement?
@livefaster and bluedog...way to partially derail my thread brahs.
RE: Why sleep is important - chmod - 03-03-2013
I always thought that you could see the movements through the eyelids as they are only relatively thin.
And now I've learned something
RE: Why sleep is important - LoneDevil - 03-03-2013
(03-03-2013, 02:23 AM)chmod Wrote: I always thought that you could see the movements through the eyelids as they are only relatively thin.
And now I've learned something
Who said you couldn't tell sarcasm over the internet. lel
(But seriously I'm just stating what it basically says in my psychology book, didn't feel need to post source, because 1. I said it in my own words 2. I also dumbed it down greatly.)
RE: Why sleep is important - chmod - 03-03-2013
It wasn't meant as sarcasm I was wrong and corrected therefore I learned something, to which I'm grateful.
RE: Why sleep is important - Coder-san - 03-03-2013
And also these red eyes of mine. 2-3 hours of sleep makes you an Ameratsu user.
RE: Why sleep is important - Deque - 03-03-2013
It was not long ago that I had so much sleep deprivation that one of my front teeth got kind of transparent and slowly turned black. (I only got 4-5 hours sleep every day for weeks -- real parents do not sleep, do they?)
I didn't connect these events first, but as soon as I got enough sleep the tooth turned to shining white again (pun intended). That was amazing.