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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
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总之，鼓吹每天睡三小时看四点钟的洛杉矶，是现代人类最愚蠢的观念之一。普通的说，这本书讲的很多新研究结论很有意思，比如晚上喝酒、吃褪黑素对睡眠其实危害巨大。但是我更看重作者的私货：“既然演化让几乎所有动物都具有睡眠这种近乎自杀性的行为，那么一定有什么重要得要命的理由。”作者对这个理由的猜测是我见过的最接近准确的答案：nREM睡眠是腾空临时记忆空间，而REM睡眠是将这些存储转移到永久存储中；而梦的作用是让人对一段记忆安全地去除感情。
评分##https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker1/ 作者聊了总共三期的Podcast
评分##六颗星！整本书把所有和“睡觉”有关的科学知识非常想尽的写下来，重点是还写得极其有趣。发现好多设计实验的内容和过程也都特别好玩，包括历史上最早研究人类睡眠周期的科学家把自己关在“暗无天日的”山洞里的故事，等等。唯一的小bug是作者为了强调充足睡眠的重要性，举例说切尔诺贝利事件可能是sleep deprivation造成的，有点失偏颇啦。（当然，按照朋友调侃的话说，你懂这么多，依然也睡不好觉呀，这本书并不能真的帮你解决很多失眠问题，但是依然是本很棒的书呀）
评分##Rem is important. Deep sleep is important. Regular sleep time is important.
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。
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##介绍了很多比较新的关于睡眠和梦的实验和理论，挺好的。另外也附有很实用的助睡指南，最关键的一条：每天按时睡觉按时起床。
评分##介绍了很多比较新的关于睡眠和梦的实验和理论，挺好的。另外也附有很实用的助睡指南，最关键的一条：每天按时睡觉按时起床。
评分##https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker1/ 作者聊了总共三期的Podcast
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