“The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say”

Last updated on: February 3, 2017 at 10:48 am   by
“The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say”

 

Peasants sleeping
“La Méridienne” (“Noonday Rest”) by Jean-François Millet (1866)
Wikimedia Commons public domain

 

Ever wondered why we have to sleep?  Here’s one interesting suggested reason:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/science/sleep-memory-brain-forgetting.html?_r=0

 

 

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