Guwahati, March 17 -- Karine Scheuermaier, University of the Witwatersrand; Alison Bentley, University of the Witwatersrand; Dale Rae, University of Cape Town; Francesco Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas, University of the Witwatersrand; Gosia Lipinska, University of Cape Town; Jonathan Davy, Rhodes University; Joshua Davimes, University of the Witwatersrand; Nomathemba Chandiwana, University of the Witwatersrand, and Oluwatosin Olorunmoteni, Obafemi Awolowo University

Sleep is as essential to our health as food and water. It is important to many brain functions, including how nerve cells communicate with each other. We sleep for a third of our lives and many restorative processes are going on during sleep that are needed to stay healthy.

Why do...