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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.
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.
An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming. Within the brain, sleep enriches 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 mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity.
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. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book
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##最主要是两点收获：1、科学的阐述了费洛伊德解析梦那套的误导与错误，有从地方天圆到地圆天方的醍醐灌顶之感，原来做做梦是伴随REM sleep对mental health有各种效果的生理特征，失恋、离婚后的梦并不是简单的日有所思，而是它在帮助我们消化情绪。2、睡眠跟饮食、锻炼一样，并非铁板一块，而是各个阶段的配合，熬夜损失3小时的REM sleep并不是第二天多睡4小时能弥补的，是失去了70%的REM sleep时间，要跟饮食分蔬菜、蛋白、水果、碳水一样认真对待睡眠。sleep deprivation比日常大家防癌的那些细节更致癌以及增加各种慢性病的风险，一直后悔高中沉默网游耽搁学业读完这本书第一次后悔耽搁了自己青春期的宝贵睡眠。从今往后，中午12点后不喝咖啡，晚上10后尽量不看LED。
评分##也许并不是动物进化出了睡觉这件事，而是动物最原始的状态就是睡眠状态，进化让动物能周期性地“醒过来”If sleep does not serve an absolutely vital function, then it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made. Wake: reception,NREM: reflection (storing&strengthening raw ingredients), REM: integration (interconnecting,building a more accurate model, innovative insights&problem-solving
评分##实话实说我感觉比较一般，话题是老生常谈了，睡觉很重要，重要到睡不好会导致种种疾病甚至死亡。也可能是我get不到当中的逻辑。前几个月开始听，一直很催眠，到今天终于决定听完。也许催眠就达成了这本书的目的吧。睡前读纸质书和电子书还是有差的，读电子书会抑制身体释放melatonin。不用错觉自己insomnia，being sleep deprived is not insomnia。不过being sleep deprived也没有比insomnia好到哪里去。
评分##2020 #4 || 一本颠覆认知的干货书（恰好阅读于身体欠佳时期）；对我最大的影响就是不再熬夜并且关心自己的睡眠状况；适当午休；完全戒酒（睡前酒）；戒掉了下午时段咖啡因的摄入；如同作者所言，睡眠是人生最关键最重要的环节，却很容易在现代社会被大众忽视。
评分##Rem is important. Deep sleep is important. Regular sleep time is important.
评分##给自己爱睡觉找到了理由，发现确实如此
评分##非常有用也比较有意思的一本书，向所有读者群推荐（NY Times Bestseller)。书以一个问题开始：我们（虫鱼鸟兽一切动物）为什么要睡觉？为什么生物经过这么漫长的进化，还一直保留着睡觉这个看起来会极大降低存活率（比如睡着了很容易被偷袭）的机制？水里需要不停游动的鱼类，或者需要跨洋级别长期飞行的鸟类都各自进化出了一些像一次只睡半边脑之类的 workaround 也无法完全避开睡觉，究竟是为什么？ 当然书并没有给出答案的完整刻画，因为完整的刻画应该还是生物研究中的谜题之一，但是书给出了一个很重要的定性答案：睡觉并不（仅仅）是一种休息（比如，像电脑休眠那样，机能停止运行），而是一种 ……（字数限制，见长书评吧。。。）
评分##也许并不是动物进化出了睡觉这件事，而是动物最原始的状态就是睡眠状态，进化让动物能周期性地“醒过来”If sleep does not serve an absolutely vital function, then it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made. Wake: reception,NREM: reflection (storing&strengthening raw ingredients), REM: integration (interconnecting,building a more accurate model, innovative insights&problem-solving
评分##大量关于睡眠的科学研究知识。总而言之一句话：千万要睡足觉啊！！！！
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