VANCOUVER, Wash. – Find out what you don’t know about sleep at Washington State University Vancouver’s Chancellor’s Seminar Series, “Sleep Matters: How Sleep Affects Learning, Decision-Making and Health from Adolescence to Adulthood.” The event will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Tickets are $25 and include lunch, lecture and parking. Purchase tickets at or by calling 360-546-9589.
Sleep experts Gregory Belenky and Catherine Darley will take turns at the podium. Belenky is a research professor at WSU Spokane where he launched the Sleep and Performance Research Center. He will share the effects of reduced and displaced sleep on cognitive performance and health, ranging from simple reaction time to complex decision making. Darley, who opened the Seattle-based Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine in 2003, will discuss how sleep impacts adolescent learning and share research conducted on school start times and student performance.
Held twice a year, the Chancellor’s Seminar Series provides a forum for thoughtful perspectives and the exchange of ideas on timely topics. It is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, business leaders, elected officials and community members to discuss a topic of current interest.
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