Aliquot #28: Health consequences of sleep deprivation, Part 2: Mental & cognitive health
Aliquot #28: Health consequences of sleep deprivation, Part 2: Mental & cognitive health
Sleep affects aspects of our mental and cognitive health. Not getting enough sleep triggers the onset of a "loneliness phenotype," driving people who are sleep-deprived to avoid social interaction. Poor sleep is also linked with many psychiatric disorders and hinders learning. The decline of deep sleep begins early in life, nearly disappears by age 80, increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease. These Aliquot segments feature Dr. Charles Raison, a professor of psychiatry, and Dr. Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology.
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Sleep affects aspects of our mental and cognitive health. Not getting enough sleep triggers the onset of a "loneliness phenotype," driving people who are sleep-deprived to avoid social interaction. Poor sleep is also linked with many psychiatric disorders and hinders learning. The decline of deep sleep begins early in life, nearly disappears by age 80, increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease. These Aliquot segments feature Dr. Charles Raison, a professor of psychiatry, and Dr. Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology.
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Introduction
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Circadian-related genetic polymorphisms as a risk factor for bipolar disorder (Charles Raison discussion)
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Loneliness as a type of viral social contagion promoted by sleep loss (Matthew Walker discussion)
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The amygdala, the brain's emotional center, is 60 percent more reactive after sleep deprivation due to loss of prefrontal cortex function
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One of the key differences in human versus artificial learning is humans' integration and association of facts
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Sleep is important for long-term memory because during sleep, we shift memories from the hippocampus, the vulnerable, short-term storage reservoir, and we move them out to the cortex, the long-term storage site within the brain
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