We humans spend about one-third of our lives asleep. This may sound like a lot of time, but it is not wasted. Sleep helps us stay healthy, but it also helps our brains remember. Our brains need good sleep to remember what we do and learn during the other two thirds of our lives when we are awake. Besides keeping us healthy, some new research shows that a good night’s sleep helps make us more intelligent. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have found that sleep helps improve brain performance by shrinking synapses in the brain. A synapse is the area where cells pass messages to other cells.
Title: Sleep Helps Us Learn
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/sleep_helps_us.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Sleep Helps Us Learn' data-article-id='2466'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6729'>We humans spend about one-third of our lives asleep.</span> <span data-start-time='6729' data-end-time='13229'>This may sound like a lot of time, but it is not wasted.</span> <span data-start-time='13229' data-end-time='20500'>Sleep helps us stay healthy, but it also helps our brains remember.</span> <span data-start-time='20500' data-end-time='30188'>Our brains need good sleep to remember what we do and learn during the other two thirds of our lives when we are awake.</span> <span data-start-time='30188' data-end-time='39563'>Besides keeping us healthy, some new research shows that a good night’s sleep helps make us more intelligent.</span> <span data-start-time='39563' data-end-time='52604'>Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have found that sleep helps improve brain performance by shrinking synapses in the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='52604' data-end-time='58542'>A synapse is the area where cells pass messages to other cells.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/sleep_helps_us.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8902 data-hint-location='39563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/what_does_performance_mean.m4a'>What does performance mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='accomplish something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/accomplish_something.m4a'><span>accomplish something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/remember_more.m4a'><span>remember more</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/get_some_sleep.m4a'><span>get some sleep</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/take_a_nap.m4a'><span>take a nap</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8903 data-hint-location='30188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/what_does_a_good_nights_sleep_make_us.m4a'>What does a good nights sleep make us?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='more intelligent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/rested.m4a'><span>rested</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/more_intelligent.m4a'><span>more intelligent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/less_talented.m4a'><span>less talented</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/tired.m4a'><span>tired</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8904 data-hint-location='13229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/sleep_helps_our_brain_to__blank_.m4a'>Sleep helps our brain to <span class='blank'>remember</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='remember'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/wake_up.m4a'><span>wake up</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/make_connections.m4a'><span>make connections</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/remember.m4a'><span>remember</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1949/grow_larger.m4a'><span>grow larger</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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