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Sleep
The theme for the National Brain Health Program of 2024 was sleep.
Everyone has the opportunity for refreshing and restorative sleep. The goal of the theme year was to increase the appreciation of sleep as a fundamental factor for well-being and brain health. A good night's sleep is built throughout the day. Therefore, sleep is not solely the responsibility of the individual. Now is the time to move from words to actions!
Throughout the year, we challenged everyone, both individuals and communities, to participate in the sleep campaign by taking sleep actions. We organized various events and activities, produced blogs to support both individual and community sleep actions! We provide all the information on these pages. Join us!
Test your own sleep
Thank you for participating in the sleep-themed year and campaign. You can still test your sleep with the sleep score calculator and make changes to achieve better sleep by choosing your sleep action. Let’s sleep well!
With the easy sleep calculator, you can identify the key components of your sleep. The sleep score calculator can be used multiple times to track the progress of your sleep!
National brainwashing - what is it?
"During sleep, the brain's waste disposal system becomes active, which is why ensuring adequate quality and quantity of sleep is at the center of brain-healthy lifestyles. Sleep cleanses the brain by removing toxins. During sleep, unnecessary elements are cleared from the brain's neural networks, while important connections are reinforced.
In addition to brain cleansing, sleep plays important roles in recovery, emotional regulation, memory functions, and other information processing functions. Good sleep is built throughout the day, so it's important to balance stress and recovery to avoid overstimulation that may disrupt falling asleep and staying asleep."
Kaisa Hartikainen, Lead Expert of the National Brain Health Program
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A new perspective into brain health – from preventing brain diseases to enhancing brain wellbeing
Brain health is Finland’s shared capital. The brain regulates the functioning of a person’s entire body. The brain is responsible for behaviour, emotions, information processing, and the regulation of all of these. No more, no less.
