Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams By Matthew Walker, PhD

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.

Within the brain, sleep enriches a diversity of functions, including 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 creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge, inspiring creativity.

Book Summary:

🔵How to Tell if You Need More Sleep
🔵Short Sleepers—The Zero Percent
🔵Five Factors That Changed Sleep
🔵12 Tips for Healthy Sleep
🔵The Two Sleep Cycles
🔵Damages of Lost Sleep
🔵Benefits of Sleep
🔵Insomnia
🔵Society and Sleep