張貼日期：Mar 07, 2016 11:25:59 AM
中正大學心理系於2016/03/17邀請兩位南澳大學學者演講，演講訊息如下：
演講時間：2016年3月17日 下午13:00~15:00
演講地點：中正大學 社科院一館 119教室
報名網址：http://goo.gl/forms/rRRthrPpM0
【演講一】13:00~14:00
演講題目：Sleep and Sleeping Well
演講者：Professor Kurt Lushington
演講摘要：
In this talk we will discuss the role that sleep plays in well-being. We spend more than a third of our lives sleeping and while we spend little time thinking about why we sleep, almost universally people will report that sleep makes them feel better, more alert, more energetic, happier, and better able to function. Why we sleep still is a mystery, but we know that sleep restores both the brain and the body. Sleep is important for cell repair, maintaining a strong immune system, memory and learning, emotional processing and regualtion and clearing waste from the brain. It is also important for harmonizing the timing of the body’s biological systems such that they peak and fall at the right times of the day. That is, sleep is important for circadian health. Notably, we are sleeping less than our forefathers. Due to industralization and electric light we are now going to bed later and getting up earlier than the past. If sleep does have an important biological and psychological purpose than what are the consequences of not sleeping? Especially for young adults and double especially for those who are studying when a premium is placed on academic performance. If sleep is important for learning and memory then what are the consquences of not obtaining enough sleep? In this presentation we examine the impact of poor sleep on performance and well-being in young adults, and strategies for maintaining healthy sleep.
【演講二】14:00~15:00
演講題目：Sleep Research at the University of South Australia
演講者：Professor Jillian Dorrian
演講摘要：
The Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia is a group of Professors, Fellows and students who are interested in why we sleep. We investigate these themes using basic and applied research methods. We have a world-class, six-bed sleep laboratory, which is light, sound and temperature controlled. We use this environment to investigate the effects of different sleep schedules on physiological and psychological functioning in healthy participants. We then look for converging evidence for our basic science in the field.
Our current research strengths lie in two primary themes: (1) The role of sleep in development across the lifespan: We study the effects of changes to sleep during pregnancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, representing a whole-of-lifespan approach to understanding sleep. Work by our researchers has informed educational policy as well as understanding of diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in early life; and (2) Sleep loss, performance, safety and health: We examine the effects of long and irregular work hours on sleep, and in turn, productivity, safety and physical and mental health. Our group has worked with industry in Australia and North America,
Sleep is central to our ability to function. In the short term, sleep loss can result in performance impairment, reduced efficiency and increased likelihood of incidents and accidents. In the longer term, research suggest that chronic sleep loss and disruption to daily rhythms may be associated with health issues such as obesity, Type II diabetes, gastrointestinal illness, heart disease, and some cancers. This presentation will explore some of the work conducted at the Centre for Sleep Research to understand the importance of sleep across the lifespan and in the workplace.