Sleep is just a way to rest when all our important work is done.

Sleep is a critical function when your body balances and regulates its vital systems, which affects respiration (breathing), and regulating everything from circulation to growth and __________________ response.

Sleep is essential for the brain, as approximately 1/5 (20%) of your body's circulatory blood channels through it during that time.

Sleep does not really have much affect on memory.

19th century psychologist Herman Ebbinghaus discovered that we normally forget about ____ of new material within the first 20 minutes, which is known as the "forgetting curve."

Memory consolidation can help prevent or reduce the loss of memory due to the "forgetting curve." Memory consolidation is the process by which information is moved from our short-term memory to our ________________ memory.

During sleep, which major part of the brain helps with the consolidation of short-term memories into long-term memories?

Sleep is crucial to storing long-term memories. Which type of memory helps you store and remember facts and concepts that you may need for a test?

Memories that are formed in times of heightened emotions/feelings or even stress, will be better recorded (stored) due to the hippocampus' link with emotion.

Which of the following is not one of the 4 stages of sleep?

The Slow Wave Sleep Cycle helps store declarative memory like facts and concepts that you need to remember. While the REM Cycle is responsible for the consolidation/storage of ________________ memory.

Not getting enough sleep (sleep deprivation) can not only harm your long-term health, but it can actually make it less likely that you'll retain all the knowledge you've gained from the previous night.