Slow Wave Sleep
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes
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My First Million
4 statements about Slow Wave Sleep, every show
Poe: Going to bed late misses the brain's deep cleaning window
“So if you go to bed too late, you will actually miss the window for that deep slow wave brain cleaning sleep. And the sleep each you'll get is more REM sleep. If you wake up too early you go to bed at normal time, but wake up too early, you'll be missing a lot…”
Poe: Brain Compensates for Missed Sleep with More Efficient Slow Waves
“If you miss a night's sleep, or one night you just can't get to bed at the regular time, and the next more, the next night you will probably be sleepier earlier, and if you can go to sleep a little bit earlier, you will Catch up on that deep slow way of sleep …”
Light sleep and time spent awake provide no physiological benefit
“Awake and light are pretty much irrelevant. You're not getting any physiological benefit from being in awake or light stage sleep REM and slow wave. That's where all the magic happens.”