Sleep, Learning and the Brain: Why Performance Collapses Without Rest PART 3 with Dr. Shane Creado artwork
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Sleep, Learning and the Brain: Why Performance Collapses Without Rest PART 3 with Dr. Shane Creado

Dec 21, 2025 · 23 min

In this Season 14 review (Part 3) Andrea revisits key insights from Dr. Shane Creado on the critical link between sleep, concussions and performance. The episode explains how even mild or repeated head impacts and sleep deprivation damage the same brain regions that support learning, memory, decision-making and emotional regulation, and how one all‑nighter can reduce hippocampal learning capacity…