Health & Wellness 2020

While You Are Sleeping: Your Brain’s Nocturnal Pursuits

Thu Feb 20, 2020
6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
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What’s going on in your head while you sleep? Are you simply recharging or is there more happening up above your neck?

The research of Notre Dame Professor Jessica Payne shows that the non-waking hours are incredibly valuable for your day-to- day life, especially for helping to commit information to memory and for problem-solving. If you ever thought sleep was just downtime between one task and the next, think again. The fact is, your brain pulls an all-nighter when you hit the hay.

Many regions of the brain—especially those involved in learning, processing information and emotion—are actually more active during sleep than when you’re awake. These regions are working together while you sleep, helping you process and sort information you’ve taken in during the course of the day. Professor Payne’s research has focused on what types of information are submitted to memory and has been instrumental in better understanding how the brain stores the information. Sound interesting? It is—and useful too, as Professor Payne will outline all sorts of practical information on how to control your sleep habits to insure maximum productivity.

This program is underwritten by Barbara Krichbaum & Kent Erickson

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Event SPEAKER(S)

Dr. Jessica Payne

Dr. Jessica Payne

Professor of Psychology

Notre Dame University