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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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##睡眠不足的危害微信微博上到處可見。這本書簡單來說就是再次重申睡眠不足對於身體，情緒等各方麵的負麵影響。我覺得比較有意思的是，原來REM做夢的時候，身體應該是處於paralyzed的狀態的，大腦好神奇。還有sleep on it是有科學根據的。有的篇幅略冗餘。總結下來睡眠很重要，要重視，說起來比做起來容易，要真正做到不簡單。
評分##非常有用也比較有意思的一本書，嚮所有讀者群推薦（NY Times Bestseller)。書以一個問題開始：我們（蟲魚鳥獸一切動物）為什麼要睡覺？為什麼生物經過這麼漫長的進化，還一直保留著睡覺這個看起來會極大降低存活率（比如睡著瞭很容易被偷襲）的機製？水裏需要不停遊動的魚類，或者需要跨洋級彆長期飛行的鳥類都各自進化齣瞭一些像一次隻睡半邊腦之類的 workaround 也無法完全避開睡覺，究竟是為什麼？ 當然書並沒有給齣答案的完整刻畫，因為完整的刻畫應該還是生物研究中的謎題之一，但是書給齣瞭一個很重要的定性答案：睡覺並不（僅僅）是一種休息（比如，像電腦休眠那樣，機能停止運行），而是一種 ……（字數限製，見長書評吧。。。）
評分##給自己愛睡覺找到瞭理由，發現確實如此
評分##關於睡眠這件事情非常全麵的科普和解析。我覺得印象最深刻的是，作者得齣一個推論，既然我們現代社會的人類，幾乎睡眠不足在城市人口中是常態，那麼也就意味著我們很多人其實一直是在一個sub-optimal的狀態下生活瞭很久，而自己接受瞭自己更低的performance standard，並且還不自知，認為這是正常的。這是一個非常讓人concerning的發現。
評分##2020 #4 || 一本顛覆認知的乾貨書（恰好閱讀於身體欠佳時期）；對我最大的影響就是不再熬夜並且關心自己的睡眠狀況；適當午休；完全戒酒（睡前酒）；戒掉瞭下午時段咖啡因的攝入；如同作者所言，睡眠是人生最關鍵最重要的環節，卻很容易在現代社會被大眾忽視。
評分##大量關於睡眠的科學研究知識。總而言之一句話：韆萬要睡足覺啊！！！！
評分##Rem is important. Deep sleep is important. Regular sleep time is important.
評分##A must-read for everyone! Can’t stress enough how important an 8-hour sleep is!
評分##昨天讀瞭之後 得到瞭久違的9小時睡眠... demystify瞭很多問題 比如REM做夢其實是很有用的 像是一種overnight therapy 幫你去重組處理日間的不良情緒；比如喝酒根本無法讓你“睡得更好” 隻是讓你進入瞭一種麻醉狀態而已；比如褪黑素隻能幫助你提前召喚來睡覺的時間 具體質量是幫不瞭的；比如咖啡真的是一種被我們abuse的興奮劑；比如真的有晨型人和夜型人。我們都會因為各種原因遇到一些sleeping difficulties 但不代錶我們有insomnia 減少睡前藍光的接受 帶著好心態 好好睡覺吧
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