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Are you well rested? Vital neural connections are made during sleep.
Research from schools in New York and China has found that sleep is a vital component of learning. Sufficient sleep allows neural connections to be made that reinforce new knowledge and skills. Scientists used mice, trained to move on a spinning rod for the first time as their test case. The mice that learned the new skills and then slept well built neural connections that helped the brain to retain the skill set. The mice that didn’t sleep failed to build the same neural connections.
During slow wave sleep, when rapid eye movement and dreaming stop, the brain replays new information from the previous waking hours, helping to reinforce learning and recall of memories. The new research with mice has helped scientists to better understand the neural activity that goes on during this stage of sleep (Ellie Zolfagharifard, “A Good Night’s Sleep Really DOES Boost Your Brain: Getting Shut Eye Helps Build Nerve Cells Linked With Learning,” The Daily Mail at DailyMail.co.uk, June 6, 2014).
The author of one particular psalm in the book of Psalms has an interesting take on the subject of sleep, “It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep,” (Psalm 127:2, NKJV). God created sleep, a condition of inactivity during one third of every day, in which our bodies repair and regenerate physically, and mentally, as the research indicates. Sleep is a great blessing, be sure to show gratitude to God for it!
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