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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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##實話實說我感覺比較一般，話題是老生常談瞭，睡覺很重要，重要到睡不好會導緻種種疾病甚至死亡。也可能是我get不到當中的邏輯。前幾個月開始聽，一直很催眠，到今天終於決定聽完。也許催眠就達成瞭這本書的目的吧。睡前讀紙質書和電子書還是有差的，讀電子書會抑製身體釋放melatonin。不用錯覺自己insomnia，being sleep deprived is not insomnia。不過being sleep deprived也沒有比insomnia好到哪裏去。
評分##也許並不是動物進化齣瞭睡覺這件事，而是動物最原始的狀態就是睡眠狀態，進化讓動物能周期性地“醒過來”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
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##最主要是兩點收獲：1、科學的闡述瞭費洛伊德解析夢那套的誤導與錯誤，有從地方天圓到地圓天方的醍醐灌頂之感，原來做做夢是伴隨REM sleep對mental health有各種效果的生理特徵，失戀、離婚後的夢並不是簡單的日有所思，而是它在幫助我們消化情緒。2、睡眠跟飲食、鍛煉一樣，並非鐵闆一塊，而是各個階段的配閤，熬夜損失3小時的REM sleep並不是第二天多睡4小時能彌補的，是失去瞭70%的REM sleep時間，要跟飲食分蔬菜、蛋白、水果、碳水一樣認真對待睡眠。sleep deprivation比日常大傢防癌的那些細節更緻癌以及增加各種慢性病的風險，一直後悔高中沉默網遊耽擱學業讀完這本書第一次後悔耽擱瞭自己青春期的寶貴睡眠。從今往後，中午12點後不喝咖啡，晚上10後盡量不看LED。
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
評分##反正就是要多睡覺。
評分##給自己愛睡覺找到瞭理由，發現確實如此
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。。。）
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