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简介:
一生中,我们有三分之一的时间都在睡眠中度过。
关于睡眠,你又了解多少?
睡眠专家RussellFoster为我们解答为什么要睡觉,以及睡眠对健康的影响。
WhatI’dliketodotodayistalkaboutoneofmyfavoritesubjects,andthatistheneuroscienceofsleep.
Now,thereisasound--(Alarmclock)--aah,itworked—asoundthatisdesperately,desperatelyfamiliartomostofus,andofcourseit’sthesoundofthealarmclock.Andwhatthattrulyghastly,awfulsounddoesisstopthesinglemostimportantbehavioralexperiencethatwehave,andthat’ssleep.Ifyou’reanaveragesortofperson,36percentofyourlifewillbespentasleep,whichmeansthatifyouliveto90,then32yearswillhavebeenspententirelyasleep.
Nowwhatthat32yearsistellingusisthatsleepatsomelevelisimportant.Andyet,formostofus,wedon’tgivesleepasecondthought.Wethrowitaway.Wereallyjustdon’tthinkaboutsleep.AndsowhatI’dliketodotodayischangeyourviews,changeyourideasandyourthoughtsaboutsleep.AndthejourneythatIwanttotakeyouon,weneedtostartbygoingbackintime.
“Enjoythehoney-heavydewofslumber.”Anyideaswhosaidthat?
Shakespeare’sJuliusCaesar.Yes,letmegiveyouafewmorequotes.“Osleep,Ogentlesleep,nature’ssoftnurse,howhaveIfrightedthee?
”Shakespeareagain,from—Iwon’tsayit—theScottishplay.[Correction:
HenryIV,Part2](Laughter)Fromthesametime:
“Sleepisthegoldenchainthattieshealthandourbodiestogether.”Extremelyprophetic,byThomasDekker,anotherElizabethandramatist.
Butifwejumpforward400years,thetoneaboutsleepchangessomewhat.ThisisfromThomasEdison,fromthebeginningofthe20thcentury.“Sleepisacriminalwasteoftimeandaheritagefromourcavedays.”Bang.(Laughter)Andifwealsojumpintothe1980s,someofyoumayrememberthatMargaretThatcherwasreportedtohavesaid,“Sleepisforwimps.”Andofcoursetheinfamous—whatwashisname?
--theinfamousGordonGekkofrom“WallStreet”said,“Moneyneversleeps.”
Whatdowedointhe20thcenturyaboutsleep?
Well,ofcourse,weuseThomasEdison’slightbulbtoinvadethenight,andweoccupiedthedark,andintheprocessofthisoccupation,we’vetreatedsleepasanillness,almost.We’vetreateditasanenemy.Atmostnow,Isuppose,wetoleratetheneedforsleep,andatworstperhapsmanyofusthinkofsleepasanillnessthatneedssomesortofacure.Andourignoranceaboutsleepisreallyquiteprofound.
Whyisit?
Whydoweabandonsleepinourthoughts?
Well,it’sbecauseyoudon’tdoanythingmuchwhileyou’reasleep,itseems.Youdon’teat.Youdon’tdrink.Andyoudon’thavesex.Well,mostofusanyway.Andsothereforeit’s—Sorry.It’sacompletewasteoftime,right?
Wrong.Actually,sleepisanincrediblyimportantpartofourbiology,andneuroscientistsarebeginningtoexplainwhyit’ssoveryimportant.Solet’smovetothebrain.
Now,herewehaveabrain.Thisisdonatedbyasocialscientist,andtheysaidtheydidn’tknowwhatitwas,orindeedhowtouseit,so--(Laughter)Sorry.SoIborrowedit.Idon’tthinktheynoticed.Okay.(Laughter)
ThepointI’mtryingtomakeisthatwhenyou’reasleep,thisthingdoesn’tshutdown.Infact,someareasofthebrainareactuallymoreactiveduringthesleepstatethanduringthewakestate.Theotherthingthat’sreallyimportantaboutsleepisthatitdoesn’tarisefromasinglestructurewithinthebrain,butistosomeextentanetworkproperty,andifweflipthebrainonitsback—Ilovethislittlebitofspinalcordhere—thisbithereisthehypothalamus,andrightunderthereisawholeraftofinterestingstructures,notleastthebiologicalclock.Thebiologicalclocktellsuswhenit’sgoodtobeup,whenit’sgoodtobeasleep,andwhatthatstructuredoesisinteractwithawholeraftofotherareaswithinthehypothalamus,thelateralhypothalamus,theventrolateralpreopticnuclei.Allofthosecombine,andtheysendprojectionsdowntothebrainstemhere.Thebrainstemthenprojectsforwardandbathesthecortex,thiswonderfullywrinklybitoverhere,withneurotransmittersthatkeepusawakeandessentiallyprovideuswithourconsciousness.Sosleeparisesfromawholeraftofdifferentinteractionswithinthebrain,andessentially,sleepisturnedonandoffasaresultofarangeof
Okay.Sowherehavewegotto?
We’vesaidthatsleepiscomplicatedandittakes32yearsofourlife.ButwhatIhaven’texplainediswhatsleepisabout.Sowhydowesleep?
Anditwon’tsurpriseanyofyouthat,ofcourse,thescientists,wedon’thaveaconsensus.Therearedozensofdifferentideasaboutwhywesleep,andI’mgoingtooutlinethreeofthose.
Thefirstissortoftherestorationidea,andit’ssomewhatintuitive.Essentially,allthestuffwe’veburnedupduringtheday,werestore,wereplace,werebuildduringthenight.Andindeed,asanexplanation,itgoesbacktoAristotle,sothat’s,what,2,300yearsago.It’sgoneinandoutoffashion.It’sfashionableatthemomentbecausewhat’sbeenshownisthatwithinthebrain,awholeraftofgeneshavebeenshowntobeturnedononlyduringsleep,andthosegenesareassociatedwithrestorationandmetabolicpathways.Sothere’sgoodevidenceforthewholerestorationhypothesis.
Whataboutenergyconservation?
Again,perhapsintuitive.Youessentiallysleeptosavecalories.Now,whenyoudothesums,though,itdoesn’treallypanout.Ifyoucompareanindividualwhohassleptatnight,orstayedawakeandhasn’tmovedverymuch,theenergysavingofsleepingisabout110caloriesanight.Now,that’stheequivalentofahotdogbun.Now,Iwouldsaythatahotdogbuniskindofameagerreturnforsuchacomplicatedanddemandingbehaviorassleep.SoI’mlessconvincedbytheenergyconservationidea.
ButthethirdideaI’mquiteattractedto,whichisbrainprocessingandmemoryconsolidation.Whatweknowisthat,ifafteryou’vetriedtolearnatask,andyousleep-depriveindividuals,theabilitytolearnthattaskissmashed.It’sreallyhugelyattenuated.Sosleepandmemoryconsolidationisalsoveryimportant.However,it’snotjustthelayingdownofmemoryandrecallingit.What’sturnedouttobereallyexcitingisthatourabilitytocomeupwithnovelsolutionstocomplexproblemsishugelyenhancedbyanightofsleep.Infact,it’sbeenestimatedtogiveusathreefoldadvantage.Sleepingatnightenhancesourcreativity.Andwhatseemstobegoingonisthat,inthebrain,thoseneuralconnectionsthatareimportant,thosesynapticconnectionsthatareimportant,arelinkedandstrengthened,whilethosethatarelessimportanttendtofadeawayandbelessimportant.
Okay.Sowe’vehadthreeexplanationsforwhywemightsleep,andIthinktheimportantthingtorealizeisthatthedetailswillvary,andit’sprobablewesleepformultipledifferentreasons.Butsleepisnotanindulgence.It’snotsomesortofthingthatwecantakeonboardrathercasually.Ithinkthatsleepwasoncelikenedtoanupgradefromeconomytobusinessclass,youknow,theequiavlentof.It’snotevenanupgradefromeconomytofirstclass.Thecriticalthingtorealizeisthatifyoudon’tsleep,youdon’tfly.Essentially,younevergetthere,andwhat’sextraordinaryaboutmuchofoursocietythesedaysisthatwearedesperatelysleep-deprived.
Solet’snowlookatsleepdeprivation.Hugesectorsofsocietyaresleep-deprived,andlet’slookatoursleep-o-meter.Sointhe1950s,gooddatasuggeststhatmostofusweregettingaroundabouteighthoursofsleepanight.Nowadays,wesleeponeandahalftotwohourslesseverynight,sowe’reinthesix-and-a-half-hours-every-nightleague.Forteenagers,it’sworse,muchworse.Theyneedninehoursforfullbrainperformance,andmanyofthem,onaschoolnight,areonlygettingfivehoursofsleep.It’ssimplynotenough.Ifwethinkaboutothersectorsofsociety,theaged,ifyouareaged,thenyourabilitytosleepinasingleblockissomewhatdisrupted,andmanysleep,again,lessthanfivehoursanight.Shiftwork.Shiftworkisextraordinary,perhaps20percentoftheworkingpopulation,andthebodyclockdoesnotshifttothedemandsofworkingatnight.It’slockedontothesamelight-darkcycleastherestofus.Sowhenthepooroldshiftworkerisgoinghometotryandsleepduringtheday,desperatelytired,thebodyclockissaying,“Wakeup.Thisisthetimetobeawake.”Sothequalityofsleepthatyougetasanightshiftworkerisusuallyverypoor,againinthatsortoffive-hourregion.Andthen,ofcourse,tensofmillionsofpeoplesufferfromjetlag.Sowhoherehasjetlag?
Well,mygoodnessgracious.Well,thankyouverymuchindeedfornotfallingasleep,becausethat’swhatyourbrainiscraving.
Oneofthethingsthatthebraindoesisindulgeinmicro-sleeps,thisinvoluntaryfallingasleep,andyouhaveessentiallynocontroloverit.Now,micro-sleepscanbesortofsomewhatembarrassing,buttheycanalsobedeadly.It’sbeenestimatedthat31percentofdriverswillfallasleepatthewheelatleastonceintheirlife,andintheU.S.,thestatisticsareprettygood:
100,000accidentsonthefreewayhavebeenassociatedwithtiredness,lossofvigilance,andfallingasleep.Ahundredthousandayear.It’sextraordinary.Atanotherlevelofterror,wedipintothetragicaccidentsatChernobylandindeedthespaceshuttleChallenger,whichwassotragicallylost.Andintheinvestigationsthatfollowedthosedisasters,poorjudgmentasaresultofextendedshiftworkandlossofvigilanceandtirednesswasattributedtoabigchunkofthosedisasters.
Sowhenyou’retired,andyoulacksleep,youhavepoormemory,youhavepoorcreativity,youhaveincreasedimpulsiveness,andyouhaveoverallpoorjudg