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> I slept in frustration Human brain runs a defrag process (quite literally) when the body sleeps. Not only this removes the cruft from the day but also rearra
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> I slept in frustration
Human brain runs a defrag process (quite literally) when the body sleeps. Not only this removes the cruft from the day but also rearranges and makes links for the knowledge gathered through the day.
- hn_go_brrrrr 4y agoIs glymphatic cleaning related to knowledge retention?
- justsomehnguy 4y agoIt's more like they go hand in hand. I wouldn't say what it depends on it, but without it it would much harder to retain and structure new information. It is commonly observed in a long hours jobs and tests what after some time the new info just doesn't get processed properly.