The Science of Sleep
Description
Sleep has long been regarded as nothing more than a way to charge our batteries. But what if it can control our weight, allow us to make memories, and help us to fight off diseases like Alzheimer’s? We travel the world to investigate how revolutionary new technology has revealed the sleeping brain as an energetic and purposeful machine.
Runtime
43 min 46 sec
Subjects
- Mental illness (325)
- Human anatomy (178)
- Biological control systems (31)
- Brain (487)
- Human biology (175)
- Central nervous system (68)
- Nervous System (30)
- Health (2879)
- People with mental disabilities (93)
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