Why we Sleep : : Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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Call Number: 612.821 Wa, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Health & Fitness / General / Walker, Matthew
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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"The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life--eating, drinking, and reproducing--the purpose of sleep remained elusive. An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming. Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity. Walker answers important questions about sleep: how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep? What really happens during REM sleep? Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime? How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long-term damage? Charting cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and synthesizing decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels; regulate hormones; prevent cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes; slow the effects of aging; increase longevity; enhance the education and lifespan of our children, and boost the efficiency, success, and productivity of our businesses. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book"-- Provided by publisher.

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Informative submitted by chowcy on June 23, 2019, 11:53pm This is an easy to read, well-researched, and fascinating book that will convince you to get more sleep at night! It turns out almost everything health-related is affected by sleep, and getting enough sleep is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Highly recommend reading this because the information in it is so valuable, plus it's interesting

Ditto to above review submitted by eamcdon on July 23, 2019, 10:44am Very good read about something so critical to our lives that we do every night.

great submitted by kevinhe on July 30, 2019, 4:30pm such professional explanation of the sleep and dream activity.

Most important book of the year submitted by ppeszter on July 22, 2020, 10:48am I've finished this book more than six months ago, and I still remember much of the points it raised about the importance of sleep. It tells about the devastating state of sleep in the modern world and how almost everything about our health boils down to the 7-9 hours of shuteye, or the lack of it. Dr. Walker conveys his message very effectively and with a healthy dose of British humour. Read it and I'm sure that you will want to prioritize your sleep (or feel guilty for not doing so). I think I will buy my own copy for future reference.

There's a Problem submitted by jibkidder on June 20, 2022, 9:35am I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating book about sleep written by a sleep expert. There's only one problem, this book has been heavily criticized by the scientific community for its lack of citations and dubious content. The author has become a well paid consultant (some might say "hack") and seems to have gotten a little loose with the facts here. "Don't believe every thing that you read" might be the maxim here.