Blog 7
Jacob Burton
Desma 9
5/19/17
Blog 7
This week's lecture touched on Neuroscience and art and how they are connected and how they are used in each other's respective fields. The first lecture described consciousness and memory and the state or condition of being conscious. This would fall under the category of neuroscience which is fairly new. Aristotle was one of the first people to think about what is now neuroscience and think about and study the brain. He believed that the brain was the main cause for sleep. However, he also believed that the seat of human thought and emotion was through the heart and the brain's purpose was to cool the blood which would prevent the heart and the lungs from overheating. The second lecture touched on sleep and dreams. Dreaming is an example of an area of study where scientists do not know much about. One thing they do now about dreams though is that 95% of dreams are forgotten.This allows artists to use their expression and creativity to express and think about what makes people dream and what they dream about. This lecture also touched on REM sleep. Being a college athlete, sleep is vital in order for recovery and for in order for top physical performance whether that be working out, practice, or competition. I have researched sleep before for this reason but this lecture made me research sleep and REM sleep a little more intensely. What I found is is that REM sleep occurs after a period of deep sleep known as stage four sleep. Dreams happen during this time period of sleep and which usually occurs in two different cycles. In that case, in order for me to get the most out of my sleep so that I can perform at a high level on the field, I should be getting a lot of REM sleep and should be dreaming frequently.
https://www.verywell.com/understanding-dreams-2224258
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11121/
https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-importance-of-rem-sleep-dreaming/
https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/dream-and-sleep
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dream-catcher/201306/rem-and-nrem-dream-content
Desma 9
5/19/17
Blog 7
This week's lecture touched on Neuroscience and art and how they are connected and how they are used in each other's respective fields. The first lecture described consciousness and memory and the state or condition of being conscious. This would fall under the category of neuroscience which is fairly new. Aristotle was one of the first people to think about what is now neuroscience and think about and study the brain. He believed that the brain was the main cause for sleep. However, he also believed that the seat of human thought and emotion was through the heart and the brain's purpose was to cool the blood which would prevent the heart and the lungs from overheating. The second lecture touched on sleep and dreams. Dreaming is an example of an area of study where scientists do not know much about. One thing they do now about dreams though is that 95% of dreams are forgotten.This allows artists to use their expression and creativity to express and think about what makes people dream and what they dream about. This lecture also touched on REM sleep. Being a college athlete, sleep is vital in order for recovery and for in order for top physical performance whether that be working out, practice, or competition. I have researched sleep before for this reason but this lecture made me research sleep and REM sleep a little more intensely. What I found is is that REM sleep occurs after a period of deep sleep known as stage four sleep. Dreams happen during this time period of sleep and which usually occurs in two different cycles. In that case, in order for me to get the most out of my sleep so that I can perform at a high level on the field, I should be getting a lot of REM sleep and should be dreaming frequently.
https://www.verywell.com/understanding-dreams-2224258
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11121/
https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-importance-of-rem-sleep-dreaming/
https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/dream-and-sleep
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dream-catcher/201306/rem-and-nrem-dream-content
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