Ask A Scientist: Secrets of the Sleeping Brain

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Ask A Scientist: Secrets of the Sleeping Brain Why do we sleep? 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.” 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 come hear what UC Berkeley’s Matt Walker has to say about it first.

Speaker: Matt Walker, Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, UC Berkeley

About Ask a Scientist Lecture Series: Ask a Scientist is an informative, entertaining, monthly lecture series, held at a San Francisco cafe. Each event features a speaker on a scientific topic, a short presentation, and the opportunity to ask all those burning questions that have been keeping you up at night. No tests, grades, or pressure…just food, drinks, socializing, and conversation about the universe’s most fascinating mysteries