We have a washing machine in the brain

One of the best known methods of torture is sleep deprivation. The consequences are familiar to all of us who are parents. You wake up the next day thinking that nothing good can happen that day. You drag yourself down to your daily chores, with one of the biggest downfalls the possibility of two or three such nights of bullfighting.

Sleep stands for the good functioning of our cognitive and emotional capacities, as well as other less well-known functions. As recently discovered, it plays a crucial role in removing substances that accumulate in the brain. Yes, folks, we also run the washing machine at night.