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How to train your brain: Neurophysiologist Louisa Nicola details how exercise, sleep, and nutrition help our brains perform

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Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Performance and Immunity

Messing up cognitive functions with lack of sleep affects performance./nSleep deprivation can significantly decrease accuracy in tasks like free throws and dart throwing./nSleep deprivation for just six hours can cause epigenetic changes in genes./nSleep deprivation can upregulate genes responsible for tumor growth and downregulate genes responsible for immunity./nSleeping only six hours per night can be detrimental to cognitive abilities and overall health./nSleep deprivation is linked to diseases like Alzheimer's./nEpigenetics involves changing genetic makeup through factors like sleep deprivation.

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