![]() Sleep accounts for ~1/3 of our lives – we understand eating, drinking, and mating, but not sleep.Sleep is a key example: state that happens to almost every living creature every 24 hours.Always interested in states of consciousness, anesthesia, hypnotism, brain switching between mental states.How did he develop his passion for sleep science? Went to Harvard for faculty position in psychiatry, there for 7 years – did not like winter or combative/competitive environment at Harvard.at Newcastle University and his research was funded by the Medical Research Council in London Instead, he got undergrad in neuroscience at University of Nottingham.Started med school in UK at age 18 but professor told him he was a scientist, not doctor (focused on questions, not answers).Δ Matthew’s background and interest in sleep Subscribe on: APPLE PODCASTS | RSS | GOOGLE | OVERCAST | STITCHER non-REM sleep, and the impact that bad sleep habits can have specifically on those sleep stages. We also discuss the different and important roles of REM vs. We also get into the dangers of chronic sleep deprivation, such as the development of dementia, and the more acute dangers of sleep deprivation like fatal car crashes which are most often caused by drowsy driving. In part 1 of this 3 part series, Matthew Walker, professor of neuroscience at UC Berkeley and expert on sleep, describes the different stages, and cycles, of sleep, including what he calls the 4 pillars of sleep, and how they contribute to memory consolidation and numerous important pathways to mental health. (September 7, 2020) AMA #3: Fasting, gut health, blue light, caffeine, REM sleep, and more.(August 31, 2020) Sleep & Covid-19: Sleep and immune function, chronotypes, and hygiene tips.(October 28, 2019) AMA #2: short sleep mutants, optimal sleep environment, & sleep apnea.(June 17, 2019) AMA #1: Strategies for sleeping more and sleeping better.(April 15, 2019) Part III of III: The penetrating effects of poor sleep from metabolism to genetics.(April 8, 2019) Part II of III: Heart disease, cancer, sexual function, and sleep disruption. ![]() (April 1, 2019) Part I of III: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer’s risk, mental health, and memory.Check out more content with sleep expert, Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: ![]()
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