Problem: Watch the following:
TedTalk Video: Sleep is your superpower
Q1. When should we sleep in order to learn and why?
Q2. What was the experiment used to do this? What did they find?
Q3. What brain area shows healthy activity when you are not sleep deprived?
Q4. In Dr. Walker's opinion, do sleep medications produce naturalistic sleep?
Q5. What medical issue increases the day after we switch to daylight savings time?
Q6. According to Dr. Walker, how do sleep and your immune system interact? For example, what happens to your immune system when you are sleep deprived?
Q7. What has nighttime shift work been classified as by the WHO?
Q8. How does sleep affect your gene activity (turning on or off) when you are sleep deprived versus when you are not? What genes were switched on? Switched off?
Q9. What are Dr. Walker's 2 pieces of advice for good sleep?
Q10. In a few words, paraphrase Dr. Walker's "mission critical statement" of sleep.