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The Sleeping Brain

Sivuuttaa, vähätellä
To dismiss something (as unimportant)
Tallentaa, arkistoida
To file something away
Sinkoilla, vilistää
To dart (rapidly)
Käydä läpi, edetä
To pass through (a sequence)
Sijaita, asua
To reside (in the cortex)
Siirtää
To transfer something (to somewhere)
Huuhtoa pois
To wash away (waste products)
Kertyä, kasautua
To build up
Suorittaa, toteuttaa
To carry out (research)
Pitää kurissa, hallita
To keep something in check
Säädellä, hallita
To regulate (emotions)
Yhdistää johonkin
To link something to something
Sykli, kierto
A cycle (of sleep)
Vaihe
A stage (of sleep)
Kudos
Tissue (of the body)
Aivokuori
The cortex
Kuona-aineet, jäteaineet
Waste products
Immuunijärjestelmä, vastustuskyky
The immune system
Seuraukset
The consequences (of something)
Väsymys
Tiredness
Uneton, unettomaksi jäänyt
Sleepless (a sleepless night)
Sekava, sumea (ajatuksissa)
Foggy
Krooninen, pitkäaikainen
Chronic (sleep loss)
Ärtyisä, äkäinen
Irritable
  1. What is the main point the writer makes about sleep?It is an active, organised process that supports health and learning.
  2. According to the text, what happens during slow-wave sleep?The body repairs tissue and the day's experiences are filed away.
  3. The text compares the hippocampus to a "temporary notebook" because itholds new information only briefly before it is moved elsewhere
  4. What does the text present as typical of REM sleep?Vivid dreaming and rapid eye movement occur.
  5. In the fourth paragraph, the word "foggy" describes a person whocannot think clearly after too little sleep
  6. How does the writer treat the idea that sleep helps clear waste from the brain?as a promising finding that is still uncertain and partly based on animal studies
  7. Which of these would be the best alternative title for the whole text?The Hidden Work of the Sleeping Brain
  8. Read the passage and choose the best alternative for each gap.
  9. These two paragraphs continue from the study text and are quoted verbatim except for the blanks. Fill each gap using the grey hint shown in the gap.widen, up, about, out, than, sleepless, foggy, depth, irritable, whose, beyond, with

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