Em Dec 26

Be very mindful about the content you consume online.

You might think you are above its negative influence on your mood and thoughts, but you aren't. Nobody is.

The content you consume influences the way you think over time. Even if you are on a platform to fight the opposition, what the algorithm is feeding you there will have an influence on yourself over time.

Be careful what you feed to your brain.

#DeleteX #DeleteFacebook #DeleteTikTok

Show threadEl DuvelleDec 26
@Em0nM4stodon As a neuroscientist, I approve this message!
Also, things we do just before going to sleep seem to be the things that will be most consolidated in your memory, so we should be particularly mindful of what we "feed our brains" at that time!
Show threadRuss Sharek

@elduvelle @Em0nM4stodon

I've been tweaking my night time rituals lately, and am really curious about this. Do you have any reliable sources about this you can link me to?

Specifically interested in the 'memory consolidation before sleep' stuff.

Thanks!

Dec 30 at 6:20pmWeb
Show threadEl Duvelle3d ago
hi @RussSharek, sorry I was slow to answer, I actually have a colleague currently working on exactly this (in rats) but the paper is not published yet. There must be studies in humans demonstrating it though so once I've had time to look for those I'll post about them here!
but yes the general gist is that the last thing that you do before sleeping, if it's a new thing, will be "rehearsed" more by your neurons during sleep and that should help remembering it better compared to some other new thing you did that day.
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