I started my searching for articles with an article that Rob had sent a while back and I’d forgotten about it. It was his defense for his “chronic mind drifting”. This reminded me of past articles that Rob had also showed me that I read a bit but never finished. They were based on sleep and as I started digging around for them and couldn’t find them, I just started looking at other sleep articles on nytimes. I found:
The Sleep-Industrial Complex
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18sleep-t.html?ref=sleep
I didn’t finish the article do to its 9 page length, but I’m slowly making my way through it every night. I think its kind of funny/ironic. I’m an insomniac who takes pleasure in reading sleep articles in the middle of the night. Huh.
The Claim: The Day’s Events are Incorporated Into That Night’s Dreams.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/07really.html?ref=sleep
I also stumbled upon these two articles and took interest in them just because I felt like I could relate:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/research/23beha.html?ref=sleep
Behavior: Napping Can Prime the Brain for Learning
As Different as Night and Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/fashion/21SPY.html?ref=sleep
I was reluctant to post the articles at first because there isn’t a connection between them and our current humanities studies. Though I guess you can connect them with how sleep affects your brain function and how that affects your studies. However thats a bit of a stretch. I’m just very fascinated with human behavior, sleep, brain function, etc. Oh well, I’ll try and stay more on, as Rob would say, the beaten path next time.
