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
##睡眠不足的危害微信微博上到处可见。这本书简单来说就是再次重申睡眠不足对于身体,情绪等各方面的负面影响。我觉得比较有意思的是,原来REM做梦的时候,身体应该是处于paralyzed的状态的,大脑好神奇。还有sleep on it是有科学根据的。有的篇幅略冗余。总结下来睡眠很重要,要重视,说起来比做起来容易,要真正做到不简单。
评分 评分 评分##昨天读了之后 得到了久违的9小时睡眠... demystify了很多问题 比如REM做梦其实是很有用的 像是一种overnight therapy 帮你去重组处理日间的不良情绪;比如喝酒根本无法让你“睡得更好” 只是让你进入了一种麻醉状态而已;比如褪黑素只能帮助你提前召唤来睡觉的时间 具体质量是帮不了的;比如咖啡真的是一种被我们abuse的兴奋剂;比如真的有晨型人和夜型人。我们都会因为各种原因遇到一些sleeping difficulties 但不代表我们有insomnia 减少睡前蓝光的接受 带着好心态 好好睡觉吧
评分##二十一世纪梦的解析,再见弗洛伊德式idiosyncrasy
评分 评分##关于睡眠这件事情非常全面的科普和解析。我觉得印象最深刻的是,作者得出一个推论,既然我们现代社会的人类,几乎睡眠不足在城市人口中是常态,那么也就意味着我们很多人其实一直是在一个sub-optimal的状态下生活了很久,而自己接受了自己更低的performance standard,并且还不自知,认为这是正常的。这是一个非常让人concerning的发现。
评分##2020 #4 || 一本颠覆认知的干货书(恰好阅读于身体欠佳时期);对我最大的影响就是不再熬夜并且关心自己的睡眠状况;适当午休;完全戒酒(睡前酒);戒掉了下午时段咖啡因的摄入;如同作者所言,睡眠是人生最关键最重要的环节,却很容易在现代社会被大众忽视。
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