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Sleep is something that all humans need. Randy Gardner holds the record for the longest time stayed awake with 264 hours.

Sleep is condition of the body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

Perception

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The Absolute Threshold is the smallest amount of stimulus that we can perceive about 50% of the time.

Without sensation there can be no perception. Perception is simply the reaction to a stimulus

Memory

A popular book on memory is "Memory Book" by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas

The hippocampus the the part of the brain associated with memory, it's a part of the limbic system.

There are 3 types of memory; short term memory, long term memory, and sensory memory.

The definition of memory is: The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.