We can improve your learning with no effort at all here at St Emlyn’s

“Roll-up roll-up! Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to tell you about this miracle we are offering here at St. Emlyns that can improve your learning, make you live longer, reduce your risk of developing diabetes, cancer, cardiovacular disease, stroke, mental health issues and dementia, can help you lose weight and even make you better looking. And how much are we charging you for this miracle? We’re not asking $40; we’re not asking $20; we’re not even asking $5; in fact it’s free, and not only is it free ladies and gentleman but you don’t even need to do anything to get it…” What is this miracle? Enough of the snake oil salesman talk… It’s simply sleep; specifically 7-9 hours sleep a night. I have recently read Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker , Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of Sleep and Neuroimaging at Berkeley California, and it’s been a bit of an eye-opener [ironic] to realise how important sleep is to us when it comes to learning. What follows is a brief, simplified, summary of his book and what it means to learning. Sleeping All of us have a circadian rhythm; our bodies’ 24 hour cycle that tells us when we should be asleep and when we should be awake through a mixture of adenosine, melatonin and sunlight. For 40% of people, that cycle is that of a lark; asleep by 10pm and awake by 6am to get a full 8 hours sleep at night. A further 30% of us are owls, who ideally would drop off about 2am and wake at 10am for their 8 hours of shuteye. The astute amongst you will have noticed that 40% larks plus 30% owls don’t add up to a total population… […]

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