Skip to main content

Sleep as Restoration

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

State

The restorative theory holds that sleep exists to repair and replenish the body and brain after waking activity.

Show

Growth hormone release and tissue repair are concentrated in deep sleep rather than in waking rest.

Watch for

Restoration explains why sleep helps and not why it takes this form. A second account is needed.