The surprising reason for which you lose your memory
It's something you could do tonight - without realizing it.
Forgetting some things can be useful when you are younger, the worst date of your life, for example, or this weekend in Vegas in which everything that happened he had to stay there. But as we get older, periodic forgetfulness and loss of memory can be painful. It's not an intrinsically natural part of aging, and there are many things you can do forImprove your memoryBut that can happen.
And there are surprising reasons why, like this:
You're snoring.
Yeah. Research shows that snoring can indicate two conditions contributing to memory loss. The first is sleep apnea, whose snoring is a symptom. If you have sleep apnea, while you sleep, your breathing can stop for a minute as long before your brain wakes you up to resume breathing. These breaks can arrive several times a night.
According to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, sleep apnea affects the spatial navigation memory. This type of memory is a "cognitive card" that includes being able to remember the instructions and where you put things like your keys. Scientists do not know exactly why, but their research suggests that Sleep Sleep-a.k.a. Fast Eye Movement (REM) sleep - plays an important role in memory.
You do not sleep enough.
The second snoring condition may indicate that you simply do not sleep enough. Sleep apnea is exhausting: these breaks and restarts the brain must undergo that you can make you awake lightly, interrupting your sleep, even if you will probably not remember. And poor sleep quality has been correlated with memory loss (with other conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and a lifetime shortened overall).
Why does the deep and quality sleep affect memory? During sleep, the body heals and recharges. The brain, in particular, shoveles toxins, what researchers have foundlowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease and can affect memory in general. A different study published inThe newspaper of neuroscience I found that people who taught specific finger movements (such as hitting piano keys) were better able to call back after 12 hours of rest. "When you are asleep, it seems that you can a memory on more efficient storage regions in the brain," said the author of the Matthew Walker, Ph.D., the sleeping laboratory and neurotimage of Bidmc.
Recommendation: If your partner told you that you are snore, you wake up in the morning, talk to your doctor, you can refer to a sleep specialist for testing and tracking. Experts say that adults of each age should target seven to nine hours of restful and quality sleep each night. No less, and no more: sleeping sleep has also been associated with a risk of dementia and is one of these different ways to sleep!
