Sleep occupies one-third of our time on earth. Scientist still don't know why we need it. But what they do know, is we need it.

Research suggests that a poor night's sleep can trigger up to 30 percent rise in anxiety levels. Sleep disruption is now recognised as a contributing factor of all anxiety disorders with a reduction in sleep found to predict consequential day-to-day increases in anxiety.

Sleep is an important function of living beings. With that in mind, what do the experts tell us on how to harness this free source that only we can control?

The landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) was conducted by Vincent Felitti, MD, and the team from Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, along with Robert Anda, MD, epidemiologist at the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta.

One of the key cognitive abilities crucial for academic attainment is working memory.  This is the ability to briefly hold, maintain, or store information in mind while processing the same or other information. Auditory and visual information is retained in working memory for only a few seconds. For example in a typical adult only four to seven pieces of information can be maintained in working memory processing.

Gifted children, on occasion, can present with unique characteristics that can be put down to their giftedness. However, some gifted children are twice exceptional. Their unique behaviours and characteristics may be the presentation of another condition, such as a learning disability or Asperger's Syndrome.