“Most of us assume that sleep advanced. However why ought to we make that assumption? Why isn’t it that sleep was the default state when life emerged, and it was wakefulness that advanced?”
— Dr. Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker Ph.D. (@sleepdiplomat) is professor of neuroscience on the College of California Berkeley and founder and director of the college’s Center for Human Sleep Science. Walker is the creator of The New York Occasions and worldwide bestseller Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams which was lately listed by Invoice Gates as considered one of his high 5 books of the 12 months. His TED Discuss, “Sleep is Your Superpower,” has garnered greater than 17 million views.
He has obtained quite a few funding awards from the Nationwide Science Basis and the Nationwide Institutes of Well being and is a Kavli Fellow of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences. In 2020, Walker was awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Achievements. Walker’s analysis examines the impression of sleep on human well being and illness. He has been featured on quite a few tv and radio shops together with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Nationwide Geographic Channel, NOVA Science, NPR, and the BBC. He’s additionally the host of the 5-star-rated podcast The Matt Walker Podcast, which is all about sleep, the mind, and the physique.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Join with Dr. Matthew Walker:
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker | Amazon
- The Matt Walker Podcast
- Matt Walker’s TED Talks
- Center for Human Sleep Science
- Insights from Dr. Matthew Walker, Adam Grant/Atul Gawande, Diana Chapman, and Wealthy Roll/David Goggins | The Tim Ferriss Present #630
- What is Alzheimer’s Disease? | alz.org
- Insomnia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments | Sleep Foundation
- Sleep Apnea: Symptoms and Causes | Sleep Foundation
- The Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease (Clip) | The Drive with Peter Attia #47
- Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Cleansing System in Brain | URMC Newsroom
- Aquaporin-4-Dependent Glymphatic Solute Transport in the Rodent Brain | Neuroscience
- Deep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean | Scientific American
- Sleepy Worms Shed Light on Why We Need Our Shut-Eye | Futurity
- Gedankenexperiment Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster
- America’s Favorite Coffee, Espresso and Donuts | Dunkin’
- Make New Memories But Keep the Old, With a Little Help From Electrodes | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine
- Prefrontal Cortex | The Science of Psychotherapy
- Somnee: First Electronic Sleep Aid Headband | StimScience
- How Sleep Latency Impacts the Quality of Your Sleep | Sleep Foundation
- Dr. Peter Attia on Longevity Medication, Alzheimer’s Illness, and the three Most Necessary Levers to Pull | The Tim Ferriss Present #517
- Close the Blinds During Sleep to Protect Your Health | Northwestern Now
- Alaska Bear Natural Silk Sleep Mask | Amazon
- Temperature: Part 1 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- Temperature: Part 2 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- Sleep Fitness Technology: Smart Bed Cooling & Heating System For Better Sleep | Eight Sleep
- 10 Health Benefits of Taking a Hot Bath | Byrdie
- The Best Exercises to Get Better Sleep | Sleep Foundation
- James Clear, Atomic Habits — Easy Methods for Constructing (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Private Mastery and Progress, Techniques for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Discovering Leverage, and Extra | The Tim Ferriss Present #648
- Caffeine and Sleep | Sleep Foundation
- Sleep & Caffeine: Part 1 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- Sleep & Caffeine: Part 2 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- How to Make the Strongest Coffee | Coffee Gems
- 10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee | One Medical
- Using Cannabis for Sleep | The Sleep Doctor
- The Difference Between CBN, THC, & CBD | Pantry Food Co
- Observations on the Medicinal Properties of the Cannabis Sativa of India | Medico-Chirurgical Transactions
- On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah | Provincial Medical Journal, and Retrospect of the Medical Sciences
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) | American Psychiatric Association
- “The Dose Makes the Poison.” | Chemical Safety Facts
- Generation 3 | Oura Ring
- The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon
- Whole-Night Continuous Rocking Entrains Spontaneous Neural Oscillations with Benefits for Sleep and Memory | Current Biology
- Why Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper | Shots
- Skeuomorphism 101: An Intro to the Controversial Style | HubSpot
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown | Amazon
- George Foreman Indoor Grill and Panini Press | Amazon
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Prime Video
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Understanding the Glymphatic System | Neuronline
- Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and Sleep | Psychology Today
- Recreational Drugs and Sleep | Sleep Society
- We Talked to a Scientist Who Gave LSD to Cats Back in the ’70s | Vice
- The Endocannabinoid System: Essential and Mysterious | Harvard Health
- Sleep & Weight Gain: Part 1 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- Sleep & Weight Gain: Part 2 | The Matt Walker Podcast
- The Orexin System: Basic Science and Role in Sleep Pathology | Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience
- Orthostatic Intolerance | Wikipedia
- Melatonin | The Matt Walker Podcast
- The Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleep Patterns and Daytime Sleepiness: An Objective Assessment | Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
- Narcolepsy: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments | Sleep Foundation
- Fainting Goats! | National Geographic
- Cataplexy | Wikipedia
- Sleep Paralysis | Stanford Health Care
- Modafinil and Sports: Legal Performance Enhancer? | Modafinil
- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) | Cleveland Clinic
- Why We Sleep Pt II: Walker on the Dark Side of Sleeping Pills — Plus a CBT That Works? | Health Rising
- Professor Marcos Frank: How Sleep Helps You Learn and Remember | humanOS Radio #004
- Trazodone | Drugs.com
- Considerations Before Taking Trazodone for Insomnia | Verywell Health
- Ketanserin | Drugs.com
- Psychedelic-Antidepressant Interactions | MIND Foundation
- How Gabapentin Differs From Pregabalin | Pharmacy Times
- Restless Legs Syndrome: Symptoms and Causes | Sleep Foundation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) | Sleep Foundation
- How to Lucid Dream | Sleep Foundation
SHOW NOTES
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- Sleep and Alzheimer’s illness.
- What causes the decline of deep sleep as we age?
- Are there any identified species that don’t require sleep?
- Mind stimulation for extra deep sleep, much less insomnia.
- Ideas for higher sleep with out laboratory price range or entry.
- Best kinds of train for selling deep sleep.
- Matt’s up to date ideas on caffeine and sleep.
- Hashish (CBD, THC, CBN) and sleep.
- A crowdsourcing request from listeners.
- If the mattress’s a-rocking…
- The Da Vinci Code magic sleep system.
- DARPA innovation.
- Guaranteeing correct perform within the glymphatic system.
- Psychedelics and sleep.
- How sleep impacts meals consumption and weight fluctuation.
- Orexin, I reckon.
- Fainting goats and narcolepsy.
- Modafinil.
- How sleep medicines have an effect on sleep high quality.
- Trazodone.
- Serotonin sort 2A antagonism.
- Perilous polypharmacy.
- Pregabalin and gabapentin.
- The psychological worth of emergency sleep medication for insomniacs.
- CBTI and the balancing function of pharmacology.
- Parting ideas and what to anticipate from a future spherical two.
MORE DR. MATTHEW WALKER QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW
“If sleep is a lacking piece within the explanatory puzzle of growing older and Alzheimer’s illness, then possibly we will do one thing about it. Sleep is a modifiable issue.”
— Dr. Matthew Walker
“In biology it’s very uncommon that you simply get a free lunch. And once you battle biology, you usually lose.”
— Dr. Matthew Walker
“Evening after night time, if you happen to’re not cleaning the mind, it turns into like compounding curiosity on a mortgage, that it continues to escalate time and time once more, night time after night time. “
— Dr. Matthew Walker
“Most of us assume that sleep advanced. However why ought to we make that assumption? Why isn’t it that sleep was the default state when life emerged, and it was wakefulness that advanced?”
— Dr. Matthew Walker
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