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Why our brain needs sleep, and what happens if we don’t get enough of it

  • Written by Leonie Kirszenblat, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
imageSleep is the time for our brain to reboot. Hernan Sanchez/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

Many of us have experienced the effects of sleep deprivation: feeling tired and cranky, or finding it hard to concentrate. Sleep is more important for our brains than you may realise.

Although it may appear you’re “switching off” when you fall asleep, the...

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