NU Ideas | Season 4 Talk 8 | Why Our Minds Wander & What does sleep do for our brain?

A series of talks in partnership with Northumbria University

Why Our Minds Wander: The Neuroscience Behind Daydreaming

A talk by Prof Leigh Martin Riby, Professor Cognitive Neuroscience

More info to come…

What does sleep do for our brain? Healthy aging/dementia

A talk by Dr Greg Elder, Associate Director/Assistant Professor, Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research
Research interests: Sleep, ageing, dementia and health

Good sleep is essential for good health. As the climate gets hotter, this is changing the weather, at a global, national and also regional level. But an increasing body of evidence indicates that this is bad for our sleep. In this talk, I will explore why as the planet (and Newcastle upon Tyne) gets hotter, this is very likely to be bad for our sleep, and what impact this could have upon our physical, psychological and brain health.

A LIVE Lit & Phil Event | FREE

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