Secrets of Sleep

bboyer · Post by **bboyer** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:59 pm

bboyer · Post by **bboyer** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:04 am

Secrets of The Sleeping Brain

* Proof You Went Psychotic Last Night
* Is Poor Sleep a Factor in Alzheimer's and Dementia?

Chapters
Full Program
01 hr 41 min 17 sec
01. Overview
02. Different Stages of Sleep
03. Classification of Memory Types
04. Sleep After Learning Consolidates Memory
05. Reorganizing Memories in the Brain
06. Relational Memory
07. REM Similar to Wake Stage
08. How Subjects Work Out Inference Pairs
09. Sleep Contributions to Learning Disabilities
10. Dreams Unrelated to Events of Previous Day
11. Sleep Medication's Effects on Sleep Architecture
12. Necessary Amounts of Sleep
13. Memories Related to Specific Sleep Stages
14. Sleep a Fundamentally Important Function
15. Sleep Is By the Brain, Of the Brain, For the Brain
16. Sleep Before Learning Aids Memory Formation
17. Memory Formation Maps Based on Sleep Levels
18. Sleep Is an Emotional Refresher
19. Importance of Sleep at All Stages of Memory Function
20. Episodic Memory
21. Sleep Deprivation in Cults
22. Dementia and Alzheimer's
23. Sleep Before and After Midnight
24. Natural 25 Hour Clock
25. Owls and Larks, Meditation
26. Lower Quality Sleep After 35
27. Using Sleep to Erase Memories
28. Evolutionary Purpose for Sleep
29. Odor Cues
30. Naps

Partner: Ask a Scientist
Location: Axis Cafe, San Francisco, CA
Event Date: 08.11.09
Speakers: Matt Walker

Summary
Why do we sleep? Although science has yet to explain the reason we spend one-third of our lives in this bizarre state, an exciting theory suggests that sleep can solidify newly learned memories by rewiring the architecture of brain. Emerging neuroscience evidence also indicates that sleep can intelligently associate and integrate new memories together, performing a kind of "sleep-dependent alchemy." This phenomenon may fuel creative human insights, often reflected in dream content. In addition to memory benefits, recent findings also suggest that sleep can "refresh" emotional brain reactivity, smoothing away the rough edges from our prior waking concerns, thereby allowing rational next-day decisions. Thinking about skimping on your Zs? You'd better tune in to hear what UC Berkeley's Matt Walker has to say about it first!

http://fora.tv/2009/08/11/Matt_Walker_S ... ping_Brain

Post by **junglelord** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:35 am

I went through a 12 day period with no sleep in Nov 2006 due to incredible herniated disc pain and a broken back. I could not lie down....it felt like being cut in half by a guillotine!
I beat the world record!

"The Guinness previous record was for 11½ days, or 276 hours, and was set by Toimi Soini in Hamina, Finland, between February 5 to 15, 1964.

I thought I went insane!

I finally got an electric orthopedic chair and slept for the first time in 12 days.

I stayed in it for 18 months!

I can now sleep on a bed again.

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:09 am

junglelord wrote:I went through a 12 day period with no sleep in Nov 2006 due to incredible herniated disc pain and a broken back. I could not lie down....it felt like being cut in half by a guillotine!
I beat the world record!

"The Guinness previous record was for 11½ days, or 276 hours, and was set by Toimi Soini in Hamina, Finland, between February 5 to 15, 1964.

I thought I went insane!

I finally got an electric orthopedic chair and slept for the first time in 12 days.

I stayed in it for 18 months!

I can now sleep on a bed again.

I went through something similar last year, though the period without sleep was much shorter.
I think the description "insane" is not adequate, I personally think one actually starts to see the contours of the real world, but most people are not able to interpret that yet. However, I assume your description was metaphorical as is mine.

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:44 am

"Sleep comes like a drug in God's country" - Bono Vox

sixtyeight · Post by **sixtyeight** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:47 pm

Dream telepathy is a very interesting subject. I have two short stories to tell that took place in my area. 1- A local lady was dreaming that her place of business was on fire. She woke up with the intention of going down town to check and make sure that it was just a dream. When she looked out the window the house across the street was on fire. No one was hurt. 2- A young man in his early 20's is riding his motorcycle home from a party late one night with his girl friend following a short distance behind. The youny man speeds up to get a thrill, pulling out of sight of the girl following. He misjudges his speed (70 MPH)around a curve and leaves the road. The cycle upon entering the ditch begins to flip end over end. At some point the riders ribs are crushed under the weight of the bike punchering a lung. When the girl following reaches there destination and finds her friend not there she begins to worry and begins to backtrack. She finds the young man along the road where he was able to drag himself, lungs filling up with blood. Had she not had her head about her he may have died. He lived and is just fine now. While this event is takeing place the young mans grandfather is sound asleep 5 miles north of the accident site, dreaming of a man who can not breath because his chest is rolled flat. Like a steam roller had run over his chest. Jerry.

Post by **junglelord** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:28 am

I had a precognative dream of my accident when I was ten. I even woke up with a "neurological" symptom that lasted 24 hours. I clearly remember my dream to this day and the day that followed, where everything felt 5 inches thick...like I was in a new body for the first time. Nothing felt right, so I would not get out of bed. I told my parents about the dream and that was why I was feeling "in a new body"....I hated it, it felt so yucky....way to thick.

My accident occured in 2003, I had the dream in 1972. It has always been the "dark corner" to me....and so it shall remain.

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