Sleep in childhood and adolescence, sleep to learn

Abstract

Sleep is a process that must happen at night, obeying the circadian rhythm, whose main synchronizer is light. This dream changes throughout life and is different during the night, we go through four sleep phases characterized according to changes in brain activity, eye movements and muscle tone. Each stage has a specific function and in children and adolescents one of the most significant functions is the preservation of cognitive processes, specifically memory, there are different types of memory and for the acquired information to be encoded, an integral cognitive state is required that it depends on a good sleep and when learning we need sleep to optimize the learning and memory processes. Spending enough time sleeping and taking adequate sleep measures can make a difference in proper cognitive performance.