具體描述
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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##A must-read for everyone! Can’t stress enough how important an 8-hour sleep is!
評分##反正就是要多睡覺。
評分##也許並不是動物進化齣瞭睡覺這件事，而是動物最原始的狀態就是睡眠狀態，進化讓動物能周期性地“醒過來”If sleep does not serve an absolutely vital function, then it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made. Wake: reception,NREM: reflection (storing&strengthening raw ingredients), REM: integration (interconnecting,building a more accurate model, innovative insights&problem-solving
評分##關於睡眠這件事情非常全麵的科普和解析。我覺得印象最深刻的是，作者得齣一個推論，既然我們現代社會的人類，幾乎睡眠不足在城市人口中是常態，那麼也就意味著我們很多人其實一直是在一個sub-optimal的狀態下生活瞭很久，而自己接受瞭自己更低的performance standard，並且還不自知，認為這是正常的。這是一個非常讓人concerning的發現。
評分##也許並不是動物進化齣瞭睡覺這件事，而是動物最原始的狀態就是睡眠狀態，進化讓動物能周期性地“醒過來”If sleep does not serve an absolutely vital function, then it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made. Wake: reception,NREM: reflection (storing&strengthening raw ingredients), REM: integration (interconnecting,building a more accurate model, innovative insights&problem-solving
評分##昨天讀瞭之後 得到瞭久違的9小時睡眠... demystify瞭很多問題 比如REM做夢其實是很有用的 像是一種overnight therapy 幫你去重組處理日間的不良情緒；比如喝酒根本無法讓你“睡得更好” 隻是讓你進入瞭一種麻醉狀態而已；比如褪黑素隻能幫助你提前召喚來睡覺的時間 具體質量是幫不瞭的；比如咖啡真的是一種被我們abuse的興奮劑；比如真的有晨型人和夜型人。我們都會因為各種原因遇到一些sleeping difficulties 但不代錶我們有insomnia 減少睡前藍光的接受 帶著好心態 好好睡覺吧
評分##昨天讀瞭之後 得到瞭久違的9小時睡眠... demystify瞭很多問題 比如REM做夢其實是很有用的 像是一種overnight therapy 幫你去重組處理日間的不良情緒；比如喝酒根本無法讓你“睡得更好” 隻是讓你進入瞭一種麻醉狀態而已；比如褪黑素隻能幫助你提前召喚來睡覺的時間 具體質量是幫不瞭的；比如咖啡真的是一種被我們abuse的興奮劑；比如真的有晨型人和夜型人。我們都會因為各種原因遇到一些sleeping difficulties 但不代錶我們有insomnia 減少睡前藍光的接受 帶著好心態 好好睡覺吧
評分##反正就是要多睡覺。
評分##最主要是兩點收獲：1、科學的闡述瞭費洛伊德解析夢那套的誤導與錯誤，有從地方天圓到地圓天方的醍醐灌頂之感，原來做做夢是伴隨REM sleep對mental health有各種效果的生理特徵，失戀、離婚後的夢並不是簡單的日有所思，而是它在幫助我們消化情緒。2、睡眠跟飲食、鍛煉一樣，並非鐵闆一塊，而是各個階段的配閤，熬夜損失3小時的REM sleep並不是第二天多睡4小時能彌補的，是失去瞭70%的REM sleep時間，要跟飲食分蔬菜、蛋白、水果、碳水一樣認真對待睡眠。sleep deprivation比日常大傢防癌的那些細節更緻癌以及增加各種慢性病的風險，一直後悔高中沉默網遊耽擱學業讀完這本書第一次後悔耽擱瞭自己青春期的寶貴睡眠。從今往後，中午12點後不喝咖啡，晚上10後盡量不看LED。
