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8 Hours of Shut-Eye

Students have consistently heard that getting eight hours or more of sleep is a good guideline to follow. But recent studies have found that it is paramount in the development of a young brain. The human brain is not fully developed until the age of 21, and sleep contributes substantially to its the furthered progress. Children that have a lack of sleep showed a larger gap in performance than that between a fourth grader and a sixth grader. These tired children are hindering the ability of the brain to function properly. Without sleep, the neurons of the brain responsible for forming new synaptic connections are losing their elasticity, and thus decreasing their capability to preserve a memory. Without adequate amounts of sleep children are not unable to retain everything they learned that day. Currently, only a mere five percent of high school seniors consistently achieve eight hours of sleep per night. Children in general are receiving an hour less of sleep than those 30 years ago.


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