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Why Do We Sleep?

There are important connections among sleep, memory, and learning.

Aired 11/30/2022 | Rating NR

QED With Dr. B

Why Do We Sleep?

Clip: Season 2 Episode 6 | 6m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

There are important connections among sleep, memory, and learning.

Why do we sleep? MIT researcher Dr. Matthew A. Wilson shares some insight he learned while studying the neural signals of rats. He explores the important connections among sleep, memory, and learning.

Aired 11/30/2022 | Rating NR

QED With Dr. B is a local public television program presented by WOSU

Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.

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