The subtitle 'Unlocking the power of sleep and dreams' makes this sound like it would be full of watered down science and generic advice about getting a good night's sleep or interpreting your dreams. I first noticed Why We Sleep on Audible's homepage under 'New in Non-Fiction' and clicked on it simply because I saw it was narrated by one of my favorite narrators, Steve West. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and immensely accessible, Why We Sleep is the crucial account on sleep that will forever change listeners' minds on the subject. 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. Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Among so many other things, within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming.
Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.īut an explosion of scientific discoveries in the last 20 years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. 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. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. 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.
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