![]() ![]() ![]() So if you’re in bed eight hours and you sleep for all of that eight hours, that’s a 100% sleep efficiency. Sleep efficiency, by the way, is defined by the amount of time that you’re asleep relative to the amount of time that you’re in bed. I’m falling asleep, watching television at night on the couch and then I get into bed and I’m wide awake and I don’t know why.” And in part it’s because your brain has learned that negative association and bonded that negative association of being wake with this thing called the bed. People will say to me, “Look, it’s so strange. The fact that they still remain with us, all of them to this day, suggests that they probably all serve some functional, evolutionary, fundamental importance, and that’s exactly what we’ve been discovering. Why would mother nature lie you so vulnerable and unconscious? If only one type of sleep was important she would have excised the other type of sleep during the evolutionary course of development long ago. So when people come to me and they’ll say, “Look, how do I get more REM sleep? Or how do I get more deep sleep?” I’ll ask them, “Why do you want more of that deep sleep?” And they’ll say, “Well, isn’t that the good stuff?” Different stages of sleep do different things for your brain and your body at different times of the night. What we’ve discovered is that no one stage of sleep is more important than the other. He has published over 100 scientific research studies on the impact of sleep on human brain function, and he is the author of the 2017 book, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Here are a few highlights from the conversation: Walker is a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California-Berkeley, and is also the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Walker breaks down how to identify when you need more sleep, how to deal with insomnia, the best devices to track your sleep, and some unconventional sleep hygiene tips, including why it’s never a good idea to count sheep.Īvailable now on: YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript Renowned sleep scientist Matthew Walker discusses everything you need to know about what a better night’s sleep can do for your life, and how to prioritize and perfect the way you sleep. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |