having been on the receiving end of a 6-1 thumping , a defeat like that could be justifiably met with a backlash by angry supporters . watching a 3-1 first leg aggregate advantage turn into a 7-4 deficit come the end of the reverse encounter too could send many fans apoplectic at the capitulation of their side . however that does n't appear the case for those devoted to porto . it is the age-old trick of students the world over - pulling all-nighters to cram for an exam . but a team of experts at brandeis university in massachusetts have a few words of wisdom , urging students to put down the coffee and sleep . they believe the memory neurons that are responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term ones , work most effectively when a person is asleep . scientists have long known that sleep , memory and learning are deeply connected . most animals , from flies to humans , have trouble remembering when they are sleep-deprived . a jealous boyfriend who ` fattened up ' his partner in a ploy to put off any love rivals has popped the question . attractive yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan in south china 's guangdong province . but two years on when you asked her to marry him she was almost unrecognizable , according to the people 's daily . porto supporters gave their team a hero 's welcome following their 6-1 defeat at bayern munich on tuesday . porto star striker jackson martinez was one of many players to look perplexed by their warm reception . porto boss julen lopetegui -lrb- left -rrb- was hugged by fans congratulating him on their champions league run . police escorts were needed to keep the delirious supporters at bay as the porto team bus drove past . yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan -lrb- right -rrb- but two years on and the pretty 20-year-old has ballooned to over 14 stone -lrb- left -rrb- . yan 's weight had almost doubled - after she ballooned up to 14 stone 2lbs . but her six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . over months he made sure she ate as much as she could everyday , splashing out on meals for yan almost every day . the 20-year-old was treated to big breakfasts , huge lunches and massive dinners . the team bus was met with a cacophony of noise from porto supporters proudly chanting about their club . on their return from a humiliating champions league quarter-final loss at the hands of bayern munich on tuesday night , the squad were given a heroes reception as they arrived back in portugal . in the early hours of wednesday morning , fans mobbed the squad congratulating them on their run in the tournament . and studies have shown that sleep is critical in converting short-term memories , into long-term memory , a process known as memory consolidation . a team of scientists at brandeis university in massachusetts believe all-nighters to cram before an exam wo n't work because the process converting short-term memory to long-term memory is best carried out when a person is asleep . but just how that process works has remained a mystery . one body of thinking questions whether the mechanism that promotes sleep is also responsible for consolidating memory . while another asks if the two distinct process work together . in other words , is memory consolidated during sleep because the brain is quiet , allowing memory neurons to go to work , or are memory neurons actually putting us to sleep ? graduate students , paula haynes and bethany christmann , at the university 's griffith lab , believe the answer is the latter . they focused their research on dorsal paired medial neurons , well-known memory consolidators in fruit flies . the pair noted , for the first time , that when the neurons are activated , the flies slept more , but when they were deactivated , the flies kept buzzing . these memory consolidators cause the flies to fall asleep , as they begin to convert short-term memory to long-term memory . ms haynes and ms christmann said this all takes place in a section of the fly 's brain called the mushroom body - similar to the hippocampus in humans , which is where our memories are stored . the parts of the fly 's mushroom body , which is responsible for memory and learning is the same part that keeps it awake . the hippocampus in the brain , highlighted in red , is where our memories are stored , and where , the scientists believe the process takes place . ms christmann , said : ` it 's almost as if that section of the mushroom body were saying , `` hey , stay awake and learn this '' . ` then , after a while , the dpm neurons start signaling to suppress that section , as if to say , `` you 're going to need sleep if you want to remember this later '' . ' understanding how sleep and memory are connected in a simple system , like fruit flies , can help scientists unravel the secrets of the human brain . ` knowing that sleep and memory overlap in the fly brain can allow researchers to narrow their search in humans , ' ms christmann said . ` eventually , it could help us figure out how sleep or memory is affected when things go wrong , as in the case of insomnia or memory disorders . ' this research was funded by the national institute of health . he even woke her up and fed her midnight snacks in a bid to stop her attracting too much attention from other men . yan was almost unrecognizable by the time you proposed to her with - most fittingly - a bouquet made of chocolate . the couple pictured back in the early days when they first met - when yan weighed just over seven stone . you had splashed out on meals for yan , 20 , almost every day - treating her to big breakfasts , massive lunches and huge dinners . eat up : yan 's six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . star striker jackson martinez and ricardo quaresma were one of many porto players who looked perplexed as they were hugged by fans before they making their way on to the team bus - set upon a cacophony of fiercely-proud chanting . it was the first time that porto , who had been unbeaten in this season 's tournament up until tuesday night , had reached the quarter-finals of the champions league since the 2008-09 season . the food-obsessed 25-year-old even got friends to hold up pictures of their favourite food while he asked yan to marry him . now the 25-year-old feeder has popped the question to his girlfriend with a bouquet made , most fittingly , out of ferrero roche . the food-obsessed romantic even made the proposal to his ` goddess ' at their favourite street of restaurants as friends held up pictures of the couple 's favourite foods . beaming with happiness , yan said ` yes ' and the happy couple sealed the deal with a kiss as friends at the venue cheered on . you has now promised to feed her even more once they are married . goals from thomas muller , thiago alcantara , jerome boateng , xabi alonso and a double from robert lewandowski saw bayern win the tie emphatically - despite martinez 's second half header giving the visitors some hope in the second leg . ` we did n't play well in the second half and we conceded an early goal , ' porto coach julen lopetegui admitted after the match . ` bayern is one of the best teams in the world and the favourite to win the title ... we knew they would come down the sides and we tried to prevent their attacks but we failed . ` we have to accept it and we can be proud of what we showed in the champions league . ' thiago alcantara -lrb- centre -rrb- opened the floodgates for bayern with a header on 14 minutes at the allianz arena . porto manager lopetegui -lrb- right -rrb- admitted his side were beaten by much the better team after the match . you , who popped the question outside the couple 's favourite street of restaurants , has promised to keep on feeding his girlfriend once they are married . beaming with happiness , yan said ` yes ' and the happy couple sealed the deal with a kiss as friends at the venue cheered on . you pan , who deliberately fattened up his girlfriend to put off any love rivals , pictured before the proposal .
yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan . but two years on and she has ballooned to almost double her weight . you splashed out on meals everyday in a plan to keep her by his side . he has now proposed to yan and promised to keep on feeding her .
having been on the receiving end of a 6-1 thumping , a defeat like that could be justifiably met with a backlash by angry supporters . watching a 3-1 first leg aggregate advantage turn into a 7-4 deficit come the end of the reverse encounter too could send many fans apoplectic at the capitulation of their side . however that does n't appear the case for those devoted to porto . it is the age-old trick of students the world over - pulling all-nighters to cram for an exam . but a team of experts at brandeis university in massachusetts have a few words of wisdom , urging students to put down the coffee and sleep . they believe the memory neurons that are responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term ones , work most effectively when a person is asleep . scientists have long known that sleep , memory and learning are deeply connected . most animals , from flies to humans , have trouble remembering when they are sleep-deprived . a jealous boyfriend who ` fattened up ' his partner in a ploy to put off any love rivals has popped the question . attractive yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan in south china 's guangdong province . but two years on when you asked her to marry him she was almost unrecognizable , according to the people 's daily . porto supporters gave their team a hero 's welcome following their 6-1 defeat at bayern munich on tuesday . porto star striker jackson martinez was one of many players to look perplexed by their warm reception . porto boss julen lopetegui -lrb- left -rrb- was hugged by fans congratulating him on their champions league run . police escorts were needed to keep the delirious supporters at bay as the porto team bus drove past . yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan -lrb- right -rrb- but two years on and the pretty 20-year-old has ballooned to over 14 stone -lrb- left -rrb- . yan 's weight had almost doubled - after she ballooned up to 14 stone 2lbs . but her six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . over months he made sure she ate as much as she could everyday , splashing out on meals for yan almost every day . the 20-year-old was treated to big breakfasts , huge lunches and massive dinners . the team bus was met with a cacophony of noise from porto supporters proudly chanting about their club . on their return from a humiliating champions league quarter-final loss at the hands of bayern munich on tuesday night , the squad were given a heroes reception as they arrived back in portugal . in the early hours of wednesday morning , fans mobbed the squad congratulating them on their run in the tournament . and studies have shown that sleep is critical in converting short-term memories , made of chocolate . the couple pictured back in the early days when they first met - when yan weighed just over seven stone . you had splashed out on meals for yan , 20 , almost every day - treating her to big breakfasts , massive lunches and huge dinners . eat up : yan 's six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . star striker jackson martinez and ricardo quaresma were one of many porto players who looked perplexed as they were hugged by fans before they making their way on to the team bus - set upon a cacophony of fiercely-proud chanting . it was the first time that porto , who had been unbeaten in this season 's tournament up until tuesday night , had reached the quarter-finals of the champions league since the 2008-09 season . the food-obsessed 25-year-old even got friends to hold up pictures of their favourite food while he asked yan to marry him . now the 25-year-old feeder has popped the question to his girlfriend with a bouquet made , most fittingly , out of ferrero roche . the food-obsessed romantic even made the proposal to his ` goddess ' at their favourite street of restaurants as friends held up pictures of the couple 's favourite foods . beaming with happiness , yan said ` yes ' and the happy couple sealed the deal with a kiss as friends at the venue cheered on . the proposal .
having been on the receiving end of a 6-1 thumping , a defeat like that could be justifiably met with a backlash by angry supporters . watching a 3-1 first leg aggregate advantage turn into a 7-4 deficit come the end of the reverse encounter too could send many fans apoplectic at the capitulation of their side . however that does n't appear the case for those devoted to porto . it is the age-old trick of students the world over - pulling all-nighters to cram for an exam . but a team of experts at brandeis university in massachusetts have a few words of wisdom , urging students to put down the coffee and sleep . they believe the memory neurons that are responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term ones , work most effectively when a person is asleep . scientists have long known that sleep , memory and learning are deeply connected . most animals , from flies to humans , have trouble remembering when they are sleep-deprived . a jealous boyfriend who ` fattened up ' his partner in a ploy to put off any love rivals has popped the question . attractive yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan in south china 's guangdong province . but two years on when you asked her to marry him she was almost unrecognizable , according to the people 's daily . porto supporters gave their team a hero 's welcome following their 6-1 defeat at bayern munich on tuesday . porto star striker jackson martinez was one of many players to look perplexed by their warm reception . porto boss julen lopetegui -lrb- left -rrb- was hugged by fans congratulating him on their champions league run . police escorts were needed to keep the delirious supporters at bay as the porto team bus drove past . yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan -lrb- right -rrb- but two years on and the pretty 20-year-old has ballooned to over 14 stone -lrb- left -rrb- . yan 's weight had almost doubled - after she ballooned up to 14 stone 2lbs . but her six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . over months he made sure she ate as much as she could everyday , splashing out on meals for yan almost every day . the 20-year-old was treated to big breakfasts , huge lunches and massive dinners . the team bus was met with a cacophony of noise from porto supporters proudly chanting about their club . on their return from a humiliating champions league quarter-final loss at the hands of bayern munich on tuesday night , the squad were given a heroes reception as they arrived back in portugal . in the early hours of wednesday morning , fans mobbed the squad congratulating them on their run in the tournament . and studies have shown that sleep is critical in converting short-term memories , simple system , like fruit flies , can help scientists unravel the secrets of the human brain . ` knowing that sleep and memory overlap in the fly brain can allow researchers to narrow their search in humans , ' ms christmann said . ` eventually , it could help us figure out how sleep or memory is affected when things go wrong , as in the case of insomnia or memory disorders . ' this research was funded by the national institute of health . he even woke her up and fed her midnight snacks in a bid to stop her attracting too much attention from other men . yan was almost unrecognizable by the time you proposed to her with - most fittingly - a bouquet been unbeaten in this season 's tournament up until tuesday night , had reached the quarter-finals of the champions league since the 2008-09 season . the food-obsessed 25-year-old even got friends to hold up pictures of their favourite food while he asked yan to marry him . now the 25-year-old feeder has popped the question to his girlfriend with a bouquet made , most fittingly , out of ferrero roche . the food-obsessed romantic even made the proposal to his ` goddess ' at their favourite street of restaurants as friends held up pictures of the couple 's favourite foods . beaming with happiness , yan said ` yes ' and the happy couple sealed the deal with a kiss as friends at the venue cheered on . we can be proud of what we showed in the champions league . ' thiago alcantara -lrb- centre -rrb- opened the floodgates for bayern with a header on 14 minutes at the allianz arena . porto manager lopetegui -lrb- right -rrb- admitted his side were beaten by much the better team after the match . you , who popped the question outside the couple 's favourite street of restaurants , has promised to keep on feeding his girlfriend once they are married . beaming with happiness , yan said ` yes ' and the happy couple sealed the deal with a kiss as friends at the venue cheered on . you pan , who deliberately fattened up his girlfriend to put off any love rivals , pictured before the proposal .
having on, a defeat like could justifiably met a backlash by angry supporters. watching a 3-1 first leg aggregate advantage turn come the reverse encounter too could send many fans at the capitulation. however that does n't appear the case those devoted porto. it the age-old trick students the world over - pulling all-nighters cram. but a team experts at brandeis university massachusetts have a few words, urging students put down the coffee sleep. they believe the memory neurons converting, work most asleep. scientists that sleep, memory deeply. most animals, from flies humans have trouble remembering when sleep a jealous boyfriend ` fattened ' his partner a ploy put off any love rivals has popped. attractive yan tai weighed just over seven stone when began dating you pan in south china 's guangdong province. but two years on when asked her marry she almost, according people 's daily. porto supporters gave their team a hero 's welcome following bayern munich tuesday. porto star striker jackson martinez was one look perplexed their warm reception. porto boss julen lopetegui -lrb- left -rrb- was hugged fans congratulating their champions league run. police escorts were needed keep the delirious supporters the porto team bus drove. yan tai weighed just over seven stone when began dating you pan -lrb- right -rrb- but two years on the pretty 20 ballooned left. yan 's weight had almost - after she ballooned 14 stone 2lbs. but her six-and-a-half-stone weight gain all part keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever. over months he made sure she ate as everyday, splashing meals for yan almost the 20 was treated to big breakfasts, huge lunches massive dinners. the team bus was met noise porto supporters proudly chanting about their club. on their return a humiliating champions league quarter-final loss bayern munich on tuesday night, the squad were given a heroes reception arrived portugal. in the early hours wednesday morning, fans mobbed the squad congratulating their run in. and studies have that sleep critical converting, into a process a team brandeis university massachusetts believe all-nighters to cram before an exam wo n't work because the process converting best carried when asleep. but just how that process has remained. one body thinking questions whether the mechanism that promotes sleep also consolidating memory. while another asks two distinct process work. in other words, is memory consolidated during sleep because quiet, allowing memory neurons go or are memory neurons actually putting us graduate students, paula haynes bethany christmann at the university 's griffith lab believe the answer the latter they focused their research dorsal paired medial neurons, well-known memory consolidators fruit flies. the pair noted, for when the neurons activated, the flies slept but deactivated kept buzzing these memory consolidators cause the flies fall asleep, as begin convert ms haynes and ms christmann said this all takes a section the fly 's brain the mushroom body - similar,. the parts the fly 's mushroom body, responsible memory is keeps it awake the hippocampus in, highlighted where, the scientists believe the process takes ms christmann, said ` it 's almost that section the mushroom body were saying, hey, stay awake learn this '' ` then, after the dpm neurons start signaling suppress that section, as you 're need sleep if remember later '' ' understanding how sleep and memory in a simple system, like fruit flies can unravel. ` knowing sleep and memory overlap the fly brain can allow researchers narrow in humans, ' ms christmann said ` eventually, it could help figure sleep or memory when things, as in insomnia or memory disorders ' this research funded the national institute. he even woke her fed her midnight snacks in a bid stop attracting. yan was almost unrecognizable by you proposed with - most fittingly - a bouquet made chocolate. the couple pictured back when first - when yan weighed. you had splashed meals yan, 20, almost every - treating her big breakfasts massive lunches huge dinners eat up : yan 's six-and-a-half-stone weight gain all part keep you 's pretty girlfriend by forever. star striker jackson martinez and ricardo quaresma were one many porto players looked perplexed hugged before they making on team - set upon a cacophony fiercely-proud chanting. it porto, who unbeaten this season 's tournament up tuesday night reached the champions league since the food-obsessed 25 even got friends hold pictures their favourite food while asked yan to marry. now the 25-year-old feeder popped his girlfriend with made, most fittingly out ferrero roche the food-obsessed romantic even made the proposal his ` goddess at their favourite street of restaurants as friends held pictures the couple 's favourite foods. beaming happiness, yan said ` yes the happy couple sealed as friends at the venue cheered. you has now promised feed her even once married. goals from thomas muller, thiago jerome boateng xabi alonso and a double from robert lewandowski saw bayern win the tie emphatically - despite martinez 's second half header giving some hope in. ` we did n't play well conceded, ' porto coach julen lopetegui admitted after. ` bayern is one the best teams the favourite... we knew they down the sides tried prevent their attacks failed. ` we accept be proud showed the champions league. ' thiago alcantara -lrb- centre opened bayern with on 14 minutes at the allianz arena. porto manager lopetegui -lrb- right -rrb- admitted his side beaten much the better team after. you, who popped outside the couple 's favourite street of restaurants, has promised keep on feeding his girlfriend once beaming happiness, yan said ` yes the happy couple sealed as friends at the venue cheered. you pan, who deliberately fattened his girlfriend put off any love rivals pictured before the proposal.
having been on the receiving end of a 6-1 thumping , a defeat like that could be justifiably met with a backlash by angry supporters . watching a 3-1 first leg aggregate advantage turn into a 7-4 deficit come the end of the reverse encounter too could send many fans apoplectic at the capitulation of their side . however that does n't appear the case for those devoted to porto . it is the age-old trick of students the world over - pulling all-nighters to cram for an exam . but a team of experts at brandeis university in massachusetts have a few words of wisdom , urging students to put down the coffee and sleep . they believe the memory neurons that are responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term ones , work most effectively when a person is asleep . scientists have long known that sleep , memory and learning are deeply connected . most animals , from flies to humans , have trouble remembering when they are sleep-deprived . a jealous boyfriend who ` fattened up ' his partner in a ploy to put off any love rivals has popped the question . attractive yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan in south china 's guangdong province . but two years on when you asked her to marry him she was almost unrecognizable , according to the people 's daily . porto supporters gave their team a hero 's welcome following their 6-1 defeat at bayern munich on tuesday . porto star striker jackson martinez was one of many players to look perplexed by their warm reception . porto boss julen lopetegui -lrb- left -rrb- was hugged by fans congratulating him on their champions league run . police escorts were needed to keep the delirious supporters at bay as the porto team bus drove past . yan tai weighed just over seven stone when she began dating you pan -lrb- right -rrb- but two years on and the pretty 20-year-old has ballooned to over 14 stone -lrb- left -rrb- . yan 's weight had almost doubled - after she ballooned up to 14 stone 2lbs . but her six-and-a-half-stone weight gain was all part of a plan to keep you 's pretty girlfriend by his side forever . over months he made sure she ate as much as she could everyday , splashing out on meals for yan almost every day . the 20-year-old was treated to big breakfasts , huge lunches and massive dinners . the team bus was met with a cacophony of noise from porto supporters proudly chanting about their club . on their return from a humiliating champions league quarter-final loss at the hands of bayern munich on tuesday night , the squad were given a heroes reception as they arrived back in portugal . in the early hours of wednesday morning , fans mobbed the squad congratulating them on their run in the tournament . and studies have shown that sleep is critical in converting short-term memories , the proposal .
 The article discusses how a team of experts at Brandeis University in Massachusetts have found that sleep is crucial for converting short-term memories into long-term ones. They believe that students who stay up all night to cram for an exam may not be doing themselves any favors, as sleep plays a vital role in memory consolidation. The researchers suggest that instead of pulling an all-nighter, students should get a good night's sleep to help their brains process and retain information better.