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No, it doesn't seem reasonable at all. Athletic activity causes actual physical microdamage that takes rest time, nutrition, and hormones to repair. The eleva
by haploid 16y ago
No, it doesn't seem reasonable at all.
Athletic activity causes actual physical microdamage that takes rest time, nutrition, and hormones to repair. The elevated secretion of human growth hormone during REM sleep is a significant reason why athletes perform better on more sleep.
No such analogue exists for the human brain. Mental activities, at worst, deplete neurotransmitter levels. I have seen no evidence to suggest that massive dosages of sleep do a better job of restoring these levels than minimally adequate amounts.
- michaeldhopkins 16y agoFor mental work, sleep is not replenishment, it's prep work. Your brain is thinking problems while you sleep.
- kenjackson 16y agoNot only that, sleep also appears to be when your brain reinforces what you've learned... over and over again.
- jules 16y agoI thought it was well known that sleep plays a very important role in learning?
- nopassrecover 16y agoYet people perform worse mentally without sleep - why would that be if sleep was not vital to mental performance? Have you never needed a nap or coffee to refresh your mind? Do you deny a physical influence on mental faculties?
- jacques_chester 16y agoTraining involves neural adaptation, a large part of which occurs while sleeping. The systems of the body are not neatly partitioned into modules.