The Adaptive Theory Of Sleep

Growing up my mother was opposed to me sleeping throughout the day because she wanted me to be more productive. But what if I told her that I was just trying to increase my body growth? Or that this is the only time I can get some sleep because my predators weren’t active. There are many reasons to why we sleep but these main two really go into depth. Adaptive theory explains that we sleep because the body physically needs to rest in order to function effectively. The second one, restorative theory, explains that we sleep because our body needs to grow. In order for that to happen, cells repair and develop most, while we sleep. The first one I am going to explain is the adaptive theory. As I said before, the adaptive theory believes that we

This can be true on many levels because when you feel extremely tired, you want to go to sleep. Motor learning can be a big influence on this. Motor learning is like muscle memory. When I played football in high school, my coach always would tell us to practice the way we would play in a game because our muscles will automatically know the techniques. That is why when people workout, then go to sleep. They sleep for a longer period then they would normally sleep, that is because the muscles are strained and can only allocate a certain amount of energy. That energy needs to be replenished over a long period of rest. Sleep doesn’t just replenish muscles due to working them out. These muscles also need to

When you’re young, your body is constantly growing and growing. It’s almost like working out your muscles but instead; you are letting them grow on their own. There are a ton of things that the body does to help you grow. Neurons are being created, nerves are developing, all so that you can have more control over body. The brain has to grow as well. Research done by Dr.Janvelyan and Dr.Khan, they figured out that the procedural memories are well known for their reliance on sleep. Even though they are only talking about memories, sleep helps with other parts of the brain as well. Such as your cerebral, that has to deal with the critical thinking when it comes to decisions. Now this doesn’t mean that short people don’t get enough sleep that’s why their body never grew. That’s all genetics. But, if a growing kid doesn’t get the proper amount of sleep, they may develop suicidal intentions, based on a study done by Dr.Park. Sleep helps with it all, lets touch on the physical aspect once again. People who do more physical work may need more sleep than people who do more mental work. Someone such as an athlete needs to replenish the body with energy because they are constantly getting banged up. It takes more energy away from the body when all of the muscles are being used daily. Anyone that works the body out physically needs to get sleep. As I said before, neurons and nerves are being repaired while you sleep.