Why We Sleep

Written by a neuroscientist and director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab, the author, Matthew Walker, PhD explores the purpose of slumber and its little acknowledged or understood crucial functions as related to mood, chronic disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, etc. He explains how to harness the transformative power of adequate sleep and how to sleep better tonight.

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The information was extremely detailed. I like that it covered every different aspect of sleep from types/stages, life cycle, dreaming, medications and disease states. No stone left unturned. – Stacy H. 5/31/22

I appreciated the discussion of new research on sleep habits. Very good book and home study. - 5/2020

I liked how much of the book was fascinating as it relates to health and how the test questions help retain this important knowledge to help others. - JT 1/2021