Is your brain more active when watching TV than sleeping?
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I wonder.  The differences are not that great, in a way.  Much of television watching is directed at the hind brain, the instinctive, animalistic, primitive part of your mind.  Some of it stimulates other areas as well, including a minor portion of the fore-brain (nothing you didn't have in place by age 12, mind you), but not that much or that often.\n\nI suppose this is my chance to say that I honestly believe that television, especially color television, is very, very bad for you.  Why color especially?  Because some aspects seem very real in a way they were not when black-and-white was the medium.  And I mean to include, quite specifically, commercials.  It gives the food ads way to much impact, and is especially responsible for much of morbid obesity.  Couch potato, indeed!\n\nSleeping is good for you, in that you rest and repair your body and your mind.  Television does neither of those things.  And it puts you in touch with the lowest common denominator of our culture.  Better you should take a very thoughtful look at the best movies and other DVD items from the past and the present, and decide on your own, higher level, of entertainment.
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WATCHING TV AND PEOPLE
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Watch tv silly. What else (besides Answers)?
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Everyone has his/her own best period of studying - so while some may study better at night time, some may be more effective in the afternoon. The number of hours that you have to study in order to get the full marks in all courses depends on the amount of information you have to assimilate and on your own rhythm of studying.\n\nAnyway...here are a few tips for studying effectively:\n\nSet yourself reasonable goals and stick to them. (Don't try to set yourself higher goals than you can manage - the disappointment caused by the failure in not achieving them may make you far less enthusiastic about your studying. You can set higher goals, but do this gradually, after you have managed to get in the habit of accomplishing the simple ones).\n\nStudy in short frequent sessions (it is said that the ideal "formula" for this is: 50 minutes of studying, followed by a 10 minute break).\n\nIt's also very important to end your studying with a revision of what you have learned during the day - this will cement the new information into your brain.\n\nAnd I do advise you to get a good night's sleep - during the night your brain will work on the information you assimilated during the day, thus contributing to the process of learning (did you know that you use your brain more during your sleep than when watching tv?).\n\nSome very useful information about this on the websites below:
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I gave up tv a decade ago or more. Since I got rid of the addiction, when on rare occasions I watch a sitcom or something like that. I will stand up when it's done and feel like a half hour of my life has been stolen. I do not feel refreshed only like I want to puke. I accidentally quit tv as I got so busy with music, computers and a lady I was dating that I found over a couple months I had not watched a single tv show. I decided to make that a perm part of my life without a single regret. \n\nTV is a passive activity. Who wants to be passive?  \n\nThink about it. If you watch an hour of TV a week thats 7 hours a week or 28 hours a month. At that rate you will lose almost 13 days a year to TV. 13 entire days of your life gone. You can't get it back, can't make it up, they are gone. If you watch two hours a day on average that's 26 or more days a year, almost a 12th of your year lost to TV. That is an entire month sitting on your butt and being force fed what somebody wants you to watch when they want you to watch it complete with attempts to get you to buy somebodies products. Do you really willingly do this?
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I believe tv desensitizes us from what we see in real life.  Often it can lead to accepting things that we might have found morally or lawfully wrong had we not watched the shows we watch IMO.
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Well, I dunno. Sometimes I will watch a good t.v. program.And I always like to read my mystery books.Its funny, but even when feeling anxious I still have thee concentration in order to read.
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Lying caused activity in the frontal part of the brain - the medial inferior and pre-central areas, as well as the hippocampus and middle temporal regions and the limbic areas. \n\nDuring a truthful response, the fMRI showed activation of parts of the brain's frontal lobe, temporal lobe and cingulate gyrus.
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T.V. takes up a lot of peoples time doing things more productive are better people gain weight if they watch to much tv its better to exercise or read or have fun doing other things
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yes, because i am falling into a deep state of unconsiousness, known as sleep. i think of important things, which i nearly instantly forget. but i remember they are important. falling asleep is nothing like the way it is presented on television or on the media. the natural way is simply shutting down all organs in your system for utter tranquility and comfort. when i am tired, i tend to do strange things. yesterday, i was exhausted after my 2nd class at school, so i left home without even considering the circumstances. being tiresome completely changes my personality. i wouldnt be the least bit surprised if the same occured to everyone else. i hope i answered your question correctly =).
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It's about 50-50 for me because when there is nothing to do then I watch tv and when there is nothing on tv then I'm on the computer.
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I am also doing my exams at the moment, have 3, 2 of which are 100%! Sleep is one of the most inportant things you need to do to let your brain and body rest. You need at least 6-8 hours a night, this helps with concentration for studing. Depriving yourself isn't a great idea, might effect your studies the opposite way.
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9 to 3. studies show that a person's brain does not fully become active until 9 o'clock.
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Yes, the brain never sleeps. There have been many studies of Rapid Eye Movement. It makes no differance what your physical handicaps are as long as your not on life support and listed as "Brain Dead".
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The brain has a separate neural pathway to the optical nerve, separate from the visual path, to detect whether it's day or night.  so when its dark, the brain believes it is nightime and the sleep cycle may inadvertently kick into motion, especially if you're already tired.
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Both....for both.  Whether sleeping or engaged in 'other' activities.. :)
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its probably ok for your brain...probably the same as if you fell asleep somewhere where music was playing\n\nid worry more about my ears