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6 comments:
It is a good thing i am awake and not tired while i am reading this. I found it interesting when the article talked about all the chemicals in your brain that control how you feel in how alert you are, being able to function. Dopamine and Thalamus. This article reminds me of the three bears how it is bad to get too much dopamine but at the same time it isn't good too get to little dopamine. It has to be just right. So, now you should know not to stay up all night studying for a test. You will do better if you get a good night's sleep.
I agree with laura that it does remind me of the three bears. This is really interesting, and it not only told me about dopamine and how it keeps you awake, but that there is a part of your brain that focuses on rewards and motivation. I didn't know that! That's really cool! I also know about this chemical called adrenaline that is kinda like reserve energy, for when you're really tired or excited. It makes you a little more jittery than normal sometimes, and with some people, it makes their stomach hurt. This article was really cool, I want to know more about this. But they didn't mention how old the volunteers were. That could be really important. do people in one age group produce more dopamine than others? does anyone know?
We think that this is really cool, but the bad part is you have to be so precise with the amount of dopamine that you take so you stay awake, sure they can come up with tubes that have the correct amount, but you would have to do different ones for each age and it would be wasting the earth's natural resources making the tubes.
we half disagree with Ryan, Aaron, and Skylar because it is not going to be so bad if you don't get enough sleep with one night. we also agree with how they said how they said the tubes aren't good for the environment. But we disagree that that the tubes would be bad. Because with the tubes we can do these experiments and see what each age group needs. And we can find out how much sleep we actually need. Bea we will try to research for you. And Bea and Laura we agree with the three bears. Ryan, Aaron, and Skyler we disagree with your theory.
I personally think that this is an extreme scientific breakthrough. The fact that they found a new chemical that will help you stay awake will help millions of people get through the day seamlessly. I for one has had some trouble getting through the day because I did not get enough sleep the night before. I really thing that this is important
I agree with everyone who has replied to this article so far. I have a back problem for multiple different reasons, so this denies me of as much sleep as I could get. It takes me an hour and a half to fall asleep, so I bet I have too much dopamine because I normally go to sleep around 10-10:30. But enough about me. I agree with Bea when she asked if it matters what age people are. What if their gender makes a difference? Or their authenticity? Or their environment? Or the air? There could be many things other than just sleep that could increase or lower your amount of dopamine that I think this article should have mentioned. I also read that dopamine plays a major role in the pleasure circuit in your brain. The pleasure circuit is when you do something that makes you feel good so you repeat it. An example of this used is drugs because they directly target your pleasure circuit. They didn't mention any other places dopamine is used in your brain. I thought this article was great, and it taught me that I really should get into bed at 7:30!
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