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Researchers are learning more and more about how our senses aide memory and learning while we sleep.
Researchers are learning more and more about how our senses aide memory and learning while we sleep.
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The nervous system is a complex, highly specialized network. It
organizes, explains, and directs interactions between you and the world around
you. The nervous system
controls:
- Sight, hearing, taste, smell, and feeling (sensation).
- Voluntary and involuntary functions, such as movement, balance, and coordination. The nervous system also regulates the actions of most other body systems, such as blood flow and blood pressure.
- The ability to think and reason. The nervous system allows you to be conscious and have thoughts, memories, and language.
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