Scientists at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health conducted a 4-year study that demonstrates the “synaptic homeostasis hypothesis” (SHY) functioning.
Results of the study were published in the journal Science.
SHY is a theory proposed by Dr. Chiara Cirelli and Dr. Giulio Tononi, both of the Wisconsin Center for Sleep and Consciousness. Cirelli and Tononi speculate that sleep is the price we must pay for brains that are pliable and able to learn new things repeatedly.
