Sleep Insights - A Conversation with Matthew Walker

By Howard Burton
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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at UC Berkeley. This extensive conversation gives a clear and compelling picture of our recent understanding of sleep's essential role in our daily lives, from reinforcing learning and memory to regulating emotion. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dreams of a Final Theory, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Awakenings - From dementia to sleep, and now back again II. Stages of Sleep - Deconstructing sleep architecture III. Parasomnias and Evolution - Getting it right, most of the time IV. Learning and Memory - Three vital aspects V. Sleeping Better? - Pharmacological effects and self-improvement VI. Emotional Regulation - How sleep helps keep us balanced VII. Sleep and Aging - Grappling with the inevitable VIII. Sleep Stigma - Lazy thinking IX. Further Questions - Motivation, narcolepsy and vicious circles X. Lots To Do - Outstanding mysteries and public education About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series: Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.

Audiobook details

GenreHealth and Wellness, Psychology
Length2 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
9V. Sleeping Better?
2A Note on the Text
10VI. Emotional Regulation
3Introduction
11VII. Sleep and Aging
4The Conversation
12VIII. Sleep Stigma
5I. Awakenings
13IX. Further Questions
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6II. Stages of Sleep
14X. Lots To Do
7III. Parasomnias and Evolution
15Continuing the Conversation
8IV. Learning and Memory

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