True/False
Cell phones and screen time contribute to lack of sleep for teens
True!
Avoiding drinks with ___________ in them can lead to better sleep.
Caffeine
How many hours of sleep should teenagers get each night?
8-10
Sleeping can prevent infections
True!
Lack of sleep can cause mental health problems, the most common ones being _______ and _______.
Anxiety and depression
How long before bed should electronics be put away?
About 1 hour
Sleep improves long-term memory, but not short-term memory
False - it helps both!
______ __________ are the #1 cause of death for teenagers, and one of the main causes for this is sleep deprivation.
Car accidents
What light/wall color is best for helping with sleep?
Blue!
Blue helps reduce anxiety, and is an overall calming color that helps people to fall asleep.
The average time that teens go to bed is 12pm
False - it's 11pm!
Sleep deprivation can affect the development of the ________ _____, a part of the brain that is critical to control impulsive behavior.
frontal lobe
The average teenager get how many hours of sleep per night?
6.5 - 7.5 hours
Lack of deep sleep reduces the ability to remember negative memories, causing mainly positive memories to be retained.
False - it's the other way around!
Lack of deep sleep reduces the ability to remember positive memories, causing mainly negative memories to be retained.
Sleep allows the brain to act as a filter, retaining the ___________ things and filtering out those ____________things that happened during the daytime.
Important, unimportant
Name two things that sleep helps
- health
- mood
- memory
- fatigue
- brain performance
- it rebuilds muscles