Natalie Weis
Erin Martin-Elston
English 134 ‘ 60
Annotated Bibliography
9 November 2016
Annotated Bibliographies
‘Consequences of Insufficient Sleep.’ Healthy Sleep, Harvard Medical School, 18 Dec. 2007,
healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/matters/consequences.
This article is posted through Harvard Medical School, which adds sufficient credibility to the source. Harvard is a well-respected school in our nation, so if cited, readers would trust this information. The main point of this article is to focus on the consequences of sleep deprivation rather than focus on how we should be sleeping more. It covers the safety precautions of lacking sleeping as well as the toll it takes on personal performance. It also covers how lack of sleep can open you up to a greater risk of disease. It stresses the fact that sleep is what our bodies use to repair itself and work on fighting anything potentially harmful to us.
This article is going to be helpful to my argument by giving me a platform that extends the damages that not getting sleep can create. This will give me another angle to my position, allowing me to back up my plead for more sleep, with real reasons why it is important we provide students the opportunity to actually utilize the night hours for rest.
Evolution of Sleep : Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives. Cambridge, UK ; New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2010.
This book simply states what it means to actually sleep and how it generally affects our bodies as a whole. As a source of clarification, the book helps to accurately define and explain how the sleep cycle works, how we react to it, and how it has changed and evolved over time.
I can use this book as a credible source to back up why I find the importance of sleeping so relevant in the first place. By having facts about sleeping, I am able to incorporate opinion with correct knowledge to build a stronger lead into my persuasion of the idea that longer sleeping hours and a later start to daily classes is necessary for the health of our student community.
Lange,”Tanja. et al. "Effects of Sleep and Circadian Rhythm on the Human Immune System."
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 11931.1 (2010): 48-59.
This peer reviewed article contains information regarding the effects that our sleeping habits have on our health and immune system. Many of our disease-fighting cells have a peak production period that takes place during the night while we sleep. Our circadian rhythm combined with sleep patterns work together to influence the production period of our different T-cells. If we are not sleeping correctly or efficiently, our cells to not produce at a healthy rate, leaving us more vulnerable to diseases based on a deficient immune system.
Using this source, I am able to tie the already high health risks of new exposure in college to the worse effects a weakened immune system would create. This source would help back-up my claim that it is necessary to maintain a consistent sleep schedule that allows for a solid nights rest every night in order to thrive in school and retain good health.
Nakamaru’ogiso,”Eiko, et al. "Novel Biochemical Manipulation of Brain Serotonin Reveals a
Role of Serotonin in the Circadian Rhythm of Sleep’wake Cycles." European Journal of Neuroscience, 35.11 (2012): 1762-1770.
In this peer review article, serotonin is a vital aspect of our mental health, making it impossible to live a life without it. It helps us refrain from falling into depression and anxiety, as well as controls sleep disorders. This article focuses on how serotonin is present in our circadian rhythm cycle, leaving slight responsibility of our rhythm to maintaining our levels of serotonin. When our sleep-wake cycles are off track, our levels of serotonin are affected, and we experience symptoms such as mood swings, abnormal feeding, and even worsened spiraling sleep patterns.
This article is useful to my argument because I am able to stress the importance that serotonin holds in our daily lifestyle. If I am able to connect sleeping hours with serotonin, I will have an even more valid argument of how it is vital to our health to not start school so early, replacing those school hour with sleep hours. I will also be able to tie in all of the other health risks that it mentions additionally to create a larger risk factor from lack of sleep.
Richmond, Emily. ‘Why School Should Start Later in the Morning.’ The Atlantic, Atlantic
Media Company, 17 Aug. 2015, www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/08/why-school-should-start-later/401489/.
This online article presents a backup to why it is beneficial for schools to push back their start times. The Atlantic, a published, credible online source drew in several sources and came to the conclusion that school should not start before 8:30am. While the article is geared toward high school, it is still relevant to the topic of the necessity of sleep, just differed in exactly how many hours. Also, as freshman enter college, they are still considered youth in some developmental ways, meaning sleep is still vital to their continuous mental and physical growth.
I am able to incorporate this article into my argument by tying in preliminary school standards with college standards from a standpoint of a general healthy measure of sleep. Despite the original gear of the article, I am able to accurately translate it to college life, and include all the aspects of why sleep in vital to the mental stimulation school provides.
Student Affairs. "Sleep Rocks! …get More of It!" University Health Center. N.p., 2016. Web.
https://www.uhs.uga.edu/sleep#mainContent
The University of Georgia did a study that evaluated why sleep is still important even for college students. At the college level, studies can overload a student’s life, and sleep-deprivation becomes common and notorious to creep up on the student. Depending on the person, the university article suggests that the majority of adults should be getting between 6 and 10 hours of sleep a night, as opposed to the common bare minimum. The article also covers all of the different questions and categories that sleep poses. Regarding how to cope with sleeping disorders to tips and tricks to avoid risky situations due to tiredness.
This article comes from an education based website, giving it valid credibility. With the article being officially published on the site, I can accurately back up my statistics with the article. I plan to use this is my argument regarding the high risk that lack of sleep creates for college students. It breaks the idea that substantial sleep is only important for the growing child, as it is equally as important for the grown adult, going through college or even graduated. It also touches on topics that many sources do not, such as drowsy driving and ways to avoid putting your life and others’ lives at risk.
‘Why Is Sleep Important? – NHLBI, NIH.’ U.S National Library of Medicine, U.S. National
Library of Medicine, 22 Feb. 2012, www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sdd/why.
This is a document federally published through the government that supports the necessity of substantial sleep. This website specifically provides many other links to follow that help to inform different realms and aspects of sleep, so people know what to do when encountering anything abnormal happening. This article touches on healthy brain functions as well as other mental, and physical health standards. It also adds proof through clinical trial and ways to improve sleep patterns.
I found this source useful to my argument because it gives me a credible, official source such as the government to provide me with hard facts and statistics. All of the information in the text is 100 percent accurate, non bias. I can also use this text to help me extend my argument to more than just why we should sleep longer, but also to ways we can accomplish this effectively. I don’t want to preach sleeping hours, I was to present the audience with alternatives to skipping sleep in case they see the idea that school is demanding in the hours we need to stay awake.