Sentences with phrase «activity during slumber»
They suggest that brain activity during slumber must weaken neural connections, not strengthen them, because strengthening would saturate the brain's circuitry and consume so much energy that the brain could not continue to encode new information.
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Slumber is known to improve recall in creatures from fruit flies to humans, and the reigning theory among neuroscientists has been that the waves of brain activity during deep sleep reactivate neurons that were triggered during the day, strengthening neuronal connections and cementing them into solid memories.
Just as athletes need more calories to fuel their bodies for their sport, they also need more shut - eye: Lots of physical activity puts more demand on muscles and tissues, and the body repairs itself during slumber.