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We spend a third of our lives asleep. Every organism on Earth—from rats to dolphins to fruit flies to microorganisms—relies on sleep for its survival, yet science is still wrestling with a fundamental question: Why does sleep exist? During Shakespeare and Cervantes' time, sleep was likened to death, with body and mind falling into a deep stillness before resurrecting each new day. In reality, sleep is a flurry of action. Trillions of neurons light up. The endocrine system kicks into overdrive. The bloodstream is flooded with a potent cocktail of critically vital hormones. Such vibrant activity begs the question: Where do we go when we go to sleep? Based on new sleep research, there are tantalizing signposts. We delved into the one-eyed, half-brained sleep of some animals; eavesdropped on dreams to understand their cognitive significance; and investigated extreme and bizarre sleeping behaviors like “sleep sex” and “sleep violence.”Learn More
TOPICS: Biology & Origins of Life, Mind & Brain
TAGS: 2011, bizarre sleeping, Carl Zimmer, Carlos H. Schenck, cognition, do animals dream, dream, falling dream, Falling dream caught on tape, full program, interpreting dreams, Matthew Wilson, mind, Mind after Midnight, New York City, Niels Rattenborg, science of dreams, science of sleep, sleep, Sleep sex, sleep violence, sleeping, The Mind After Midnight, what do dreams mean, Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep
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Video Duration: 01:25:42
Original Program Date: Friday, June 3, 2011
We spend a third of our lives asleep. Every organism on Earth—from rats to dolphins to fruit flies to microorganisms—relies on sleep for its survival, yet science is still wrestling with a fundamental question: Why does sleep exist? During Shakespeare and Cervantes' time, sleep was likened to death, with body and mind falling into a deep stillness before resurrecting each new day. In reality, sleep is a flurry of action. Trillions of neurons light up. The endocrine system kicks into overdrive. The bloodstream is flooded with a potent cocktail of critically vital hormones. Such vibrant activity begs the question: Where do we go when we go to sleep? Based on new sleep research, there are tantalizing signposts. We delved into the one-eyed, half-brained sleep of some animals; eavesdropped on dreams to understand their cognitive significance; and investigated extreme and bizarre sleeping behaviors like “sleep sex” and “sleep violence.”Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2011, bizarre sleeping, Carl Zimmer, Carlos H. Schenck, cognition, do animals dream, dream, falling dream, Falling dream caught on tape, full program, interpreting dreams, Matthew Wilson, mind, Mind after Midnight, New York City, Niels Rattenborg, science of dreams, science of sleep, sleep, Sleep sex, sleep violence, sleeping, The Mind After Midnight, what do dreams mean, Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep, 2011, bizarre sleeping, Carl Zimmer, Carlos H. Schenck, cognition, do animals dream, dream, falling dream, Falling dream caught on tape, full program, interpreting dreams, Matthew Wilson, mind, Mind after Midnight, New York City, Niels Rattenborg, science of dreams, science of sleep, sleep, Sleep sex, sleep violence, sleeping, The Mind After Midnight, what do dreams mean, Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep
PLAYLISTS: Popular Videos
Video Duration: 01:25:42
Original Program Date: Friday, June 3, 2011
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