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Sleep is essential for memory and skill consolidation. What they mean by not being able to recover sleep is that if you (for example) try to learn something whi
by deegles 6y ago
Sleep is essential for memory and skill consolidation. What they mean by not being able to recover sleep is that if you (for example) try to learn something while sleep deprived, more of those memories will be lost the next day. Sleeping extra on the weekend will not make those memories come back. The benefits of sleep are "lost" forever.
- fossuser 6y agoIf that's what they meant then isn't that what they should have said? What you're saying makes sense, but it's very different from what was said in that interview.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoGrandparent's description is exactly how I read the interview too.