Psychology Update — Collections of Articles Related To Sleep

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3 COLLECTIONS OF ARTICLES RELATED TO RECENT SLEEP STUDIES This week’s Psychology Update presents three collections of articles related to recent sleep studies.  Each collection highlights several aspects of normal sleep, problematic sleep (and repair), and other sleep related phenomena.  View these collections as resources in the popular press to be used with the class… Read more »

Goodnight. Sleep Clean

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Description:   While there are many known functions of sleep, scientists now believe that another function that occurs during the sleep cycles is the cleaning out and clearing the brain of toxins that have built up throughout the waking day.  The scientists call this the “glymphatic system” in that it involves the glial cells of the… Read more »