April 20, 2009

Story of Evolution/Evolution of Stories—Grobstein and Dalke

Paper #3

Jim Wiltsee
Professor Grobstein
5/9/09
NeuroBio & Behavior
Web Paper III: Memory Consolidation and Efficiency as a Result of Sleep

    The two topics that I have previously wrote on were sleep paralysis and the effect of depression on memory.  After learning the fundamentals of memory and sleep, I now wish to learn more about how the two work together in memory retention and consolidation.  This is especially relevant to my life as I often debate whether to stay up late and study or go to bed earlier and wake up and study.  After researching this topic, sleep is important to the consolidation and effectiveness of memory. 

Jim Wiltsee
Professor Grobstein
5/9/09
NeuroBio & Behavior
Book Commentary: The Metamorphosis by Kafka

New and Unanswered Questions??

"Listen:
Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on his wedding day.                                         He has walked through a door in 1955 and come out another one in 1941.  He has gone back through that door to find himself in 1963.  He has seen his birth and death many times, he says, and pays random visits to all events in between  (4).”