The Brain Made Plain
Every episode a different neuroscientist talks about their research
Displaying 1 Episode of The Brain Made Plain with the tag “heart rate variability”.
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Lauren Whitehurst (sleep and cognition)
December 21st, 2021 | Season 1 | 45 mins 41 secs
autonomic nervous system, heart rate variability, memory, memory consolidation, sleep
Dr. Lauren Whitehurst joins us to talk about the critical role that sleep plays in cognition. The effects of sleep (and sleep loss) are seen in systems that span not only the brain, but the rest of the body, and understanding this can help us understand not only a host of cognitive processes, but encourage us to have good sleep habits.