Similarly, while you are
sleeping your brain prunes unused synapses so you can make new connections — so you can learn more.
Not exact matches
The other thing I console myself with after feeling incredibly guilty is that the
brain naturally goes through a
pruning of connections which aren't used much - so he will definitely not remember or be scarred by my little crying to
sleep episode!
Especially during active
sleep, key neuronal (
brain cell) connections are made — the
brain literally lays down the tracks for everything it learns, and it also
prunes away little - used connections.