Sleep Helps Brains Grow

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Sleep Helps Brains Grow

We may be forgiven for thinking that during the 8 hours or so that we spend sleeping our brains are on a go-slow, but the reality is quite the opposite.

Researchers from the American National Sleep Foundation have found that the 100 or so minutes of dreaming time helps our brains to grow, by exciting our neurons.

So, apart from the rest and recovery that a good night's sleep brings, it also strengthens connections between certain areas of our brains, strengthening our memories, whilst allowing other, less useful, connections to be released and forgotten.

Sleep also has other beneficial effects, by helping maintain a healthy immune system. Many links have been made between sleep deprivation and obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.

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