Why sleep is essential for a healthy brain?

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S Venkateshwari
Why sleep is essential for a healthy brain?

If you think that you can fulfill your sleep requirement by sleeping 8 hours any time in a day then you need to change your thinking. Sleep acts as a refreshment and recovery pill not only for the body but also for the mind. So if you want to keep your mind active and healthy along with your body, then definitely know the report of a new Finno-British study.

According to a report recently published in the journal, sleep is essential for a healthy brain and a special focus has been placed on its length. That is, when should the sleep be for how many hours? Not only this, along with the ideal length of sleep, it has also been told that sleeping more also causes damage.

What is the ideal sleep duration for a healthy mind?

Researchers Christel Langley from the Department of Psychiatry at the university of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and researchers from Fudan university (China) collected data on nearly 5 lakh people aged 38-73 and analyzed their sleep. It was focused on everyone's sleeping habits and mental health. At the same time, 40,000 people also gave brain imaging data and genetic data. On this basis, it was found that for those whose sleep duration was shorter at night, their brains were less active than those who slept for a certain amount of time at night.

According to research, after the age of 40, the duration of sleep should be 7 hours. This sleep should happen at night. With this, knowledge gain, memory strength, and alertness are seen more.

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