Why does my brain sleep

We spend one third of our lives asleep. Yes, we know that sleep helps in metabolising the food we eat, gives us renewed energy, and heals our wounds, yet we still don’t know the full relationship of our brain and sleep. It is one of the last great scientific mysteries! This talk will describe new discoveries suggesting that, far from being a time when the brain is dormant, sleep is a highly active process critical for a hundred different functions in the brain to happen! Watch this video