One Hotly Debated Question in Psychology Is Why We Sleep

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Multiple Choice

One hotly debated question in psychology is why we sleep.According to Tononi and Cirelli (2014) ,sleep is very important for learning and memory.Specifically,they argue that

• A) sleep allows neurotransmitters to be recycled.
• B) sleep decreases cortical synaptic strength.
• C) sleep restores homeostatic imbalance, so the brain is ready to fire the next day.
• D) sleep prevents brain areas from sharing information and allows each area to process its own information.

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