We've discussed sleep a lot - now we move on to WHY we sleep. Evolutionary accounts include energy saving and predator avoidance - these are satisfactory up to a point. Restoration accounts are similarly overly simplistic but straightforward - we sleep to restore our body and brains after the demands of the day. The ppts are
here and
here.
We also looked into the dangerous world of sleep deprivation.
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