As we slip into deep sleep, higher regions of our brains take a vacation from each other, disconnecting so much that consciousness is snuffed out and a once highly integrated organ becomes separated, according to a groundbreaking experiment by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.Sleeping in class? Much, much worse.
Sep 30, 2005
sleep makes your brain fall apart
Well, sort of.
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Maybe you can clarify what classifies the brain in waking state as a highly-integrated organ. Aren't areas of the brain assigned to distinct functions anyway? Is it that electrical and chemical activity between certain areas, such as the frontal and parietal lobes are reduced during sleep?
That's exactly it. Even though they have different roles, the brain's different regions are in continous communication during consciousness. Activity becomes localized and the brain "quiets" during non-REM sleep.
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