Site of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Sleep, Brain, and Cognition
Today's site offers a serious presentation from the US Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences publication devoted to exploring the science of
sleep. Gentle Subscribers will find essays delving into various aspects of a
scientific arena which affects everyone.
"The Sleep, Brain, and Cognition Special Feature explores the various purposes
served by sleep, examining them in comparative perspective and describing
current attempts to understand how the various functions of sleep are
represented in neural circuits and cognitive structures. The authors of this
special feature consider sleep and cognition across the lifespan and discuss
sleep-specific neural circuits and brain rhythms that facilitate higher-order
cognition and health."- from the website
Presented in a serious of articles, this scientific exploration provides an
overall perspective on the discipline of sleep. Beginning with an introduction
outlining the functions of sleep from the Cognitive Neuroscience position, the
feature continues with papers on a range of compelling topics. Since these are
research quality scientific articles, they benefit from the accepted format of
an initial Abstract stating the purpose of the research, a summary of the work,
and the outcomes achieved. The topics considered include Understanding the Role
of Sleep in the Improvement of Working and Episodic Memory, and the
Preferential Consolidation of Negative Aspects of Human Memory among others.
March to the site for a noteworthy scientific resource on sleep at
https://www.pnas.org/topic/553
A.M. Holm
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