"We've all been there - waking up on the wrong side of the bed after a poor night of sleep. What should have been alertness has instead been unwittingly replaced by brain fog and attention deficit, but why does this happen? Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now uncovered exactly what occurs inside the tired brain during those lapses in judgment, in a new study published in the Nature Neuroscience journal."
"The study found that during these moments of brain fog, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is released out of the brain - a process which normally occurs whilst we are sound asleep, and helps to wash away waste products built up during the day. This cleanse is believed to be essential for maintaining a normal, healthy functioning brain and helping the body to regenerate. However, when someone is lacking a good night's rest, this process is interrupted"
The Independent funds on-the-ground reporting across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, produces documentaries like 'The A Word', and keeps reporting free of paywalls while requesting donations to support journalism. Quality journalism is presented as accessible and funded by those who can afford to support it. Separately, MIT researchers discovered that daytime lapses in attention, experienced as brain fog, coincide with waves of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) being released from the brain. CSF-mediated cleansing normally occurs during sleep to remove waste and support brain regeneration. Insufficient sleep interrupts that process and provokes daytime CSF pulses that impair attention.
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