Usually, I refrain from posting into a thread I have not read entirely. But
the sun is shining and I live in the Netherlands, so it's not a usual day.
You are wondering as I understand about the function of sleep. I do not know
from what perspective you appreciate sleep, but an evolutionairy perspective
seems useful when sleep and the mind are seen as biological. The following
is not my intellectual property, it can be read in Kalat (1998). I'm unsure
where he got it, and I don't have a copy here.
Why sleep? I ask you a different question: why be awake?
Filip
> Thanks for this info. This supports the view that sleep serves
> some essential function for the brain but less so for the body.
> I think this poses a very acute question: how can we miss such
> an important function of sleep if we want to understand the
> brain? But my paper contains some speculations that are just
> too wild, it needs to be revised.
>> BTW It must be interesting to see that experiment.. i mean it must
> be horrible for the participants.
>> y.k.y
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