Written with the precision of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Sherwin Nuland, it is вЂњrecommended for night-table reading in the most pragmatic senseвЂќ ( The New York Times Book Review). He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better nightвЂ™s sleep every night.Д¬lear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, AlzheimerвЂ™s and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. In this вЂњcompelling and utterly convincingвЂќ ( The Sunday Times) book, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Dreaming creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge, inspiring creativity. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. It does so both directly, by making it difficult for people to fall asleep, and indirectly, by influencing the timing of our internal clock and thereby affecting. Light is one of the most important external factors that can affect sleep. Within the brain, sleep enriches a diversity of functions, including our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. Light exposure can cause our biological clock to advance or delay, which affects our sleep and wake cycle. Compared to the other basic drives in life-eating, drinking, and reproducing-the purpose of sleep remains more elusive. 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 it is absent. With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly clear that sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life. I suspect his book will do the same for you.вЂќ -Bill GatesДЄ New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this вЂњstimulating and important bookвЂќ ( Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.

вЂњ Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating bookвЂ¦Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs.

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