The Secrets of Sleep Architecture

Dr. Glenn Miller, who visited Anacapa earlier this year to discuss today’s generation of multitaskers, returned today to describe the nuts and bolts of healthy sleep. According to Dr. Miller, sleep comes in cycles. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, light sleep and deep sleep occur at different stages throughout the night. Each of these cycles has a unique, restorative purpose. The human brain develops and grows during deep sleep well into a person’s 20s, emphasized Dr. Miller, with key developments in risk analysis and decision making during the teen years. For this reason, Dr. Miller encouraged Anacapa students to prioritize sleep as a key component of healthy living, equally important as exercise and proper nutrition.