The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

It’s 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You’ve been studying for days, but you still don’t feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep restructures your brain in a way that’s crucial for how our memory works.

Lesson by Shai Marcu, animation by Javier Saldeña.

[shutupthatepic]

*watches at 12am and has to wake up at 6*

[mermer]

"It's four am."
me: looks around nervously
me: "how did you know that?"

[finn]

Sleeping is so easy, I can do it with my eyes closed!

[biancaar]

I used to feel guilty for sleeping 8h a day and tried my best to stick to 5. Thank you for reminding me that I am hard on myself.

[TheBoomshine]

This is the type of stuff they need to teach in school!

[MrZY]

3 hours after memorising
1 hour after practising
NOTE TAKEN.

[lonetigerx]

during my school days, i've always felt that getting good sleep after studying helped to "etch" the info into my brain, like hitting the save button before shutting off a computer.

[YourFBIagent_]

Schools: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[Arinaretina]

Guess who's watching this and not sleeping?

[bajra.anupam]

I have underestimated a full 8 hours sleep for so long to be "more productive". I've come to understand how counterintuitive I was thinking and since adopting 8 hours of sleep, I can feel the difference! This video just validated this to me :)

[derickwhitson]

Going to sleep 3 hours after memorizing your formulas and one hour after practicing your scales would be so ideal
Skipping on sleep not only harms your long term health
Proper sleep will help you waking up with a new and a improved brain ready to face the challenges ahead

[AnastasiaSilvi]

This is so true. I took my sleeping time for granted and now I keep forgetting things. I even struggle to find a word that I wanted to say.

[TravisMohan]

i'm a college student and never stay up as late doing assignments or studying and i do great in school, my friends say they stay up all night studying and they never do as well. i also tend to remember what i read or learned just before bed

[meribarseghyan]

For a long time, I stayed up pretty late and thought that in that way, I was productive. However, when I started to go to the university, I realized that having a normal sleep helps to improve memory and increases the level of concentration.
Thanks for making this video and reminding me about the importance of sleep.

[WinterGamesYT]

guy in video: stays up late practicing "twinkle twinkle little star"
me: oh-kay...

[peachiiqloss]

students: we need atleast 8 hours of sl-

school: *nO*

[TheSimcraftFixion]

I'm so glad I found this video! I have a test tomorrow so I'm gonna sleep now. Bye! 😛

[desiskeptic]

Dang i just can't get enough of ted-ed! I'm so grateful to be alive at a time where i can watch them so easily!

[gamingwithbrayan]

Yes, Mary had a little lamb is a challenging song that makes you stay up late at night for many hours to perfect it.

[blueflameblast]

Shit guys, I gotta study for my Twinkle Twinkle Little Star recital tomorrow!