Dr. Matthew Walker on Sleep for Enhancing Learning, Creativity, Immunity, and Glymphatic System 2-28-2019

Matthew Walker, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as the Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Formerly, Dr. Walker served as a professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. Walker's research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease. One area of interest focuses on identifying "vulnerability windows" during a person's life that make them more susceptible to amyloid-beta deposition from loss of slow wave sleep and, subsequently, Alzheimer's disease later in life. Dr. Walker earned his undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the University of Nottingham, UK, and his Ph.D. in neurophysiology from the Medical Research Council, London, UK. He is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams...

Sleep preps the brain for information input

Sleep facilitates information storage

Sleep provides a mechanism for information transfer and the formation of long-term memories

Interesting, thank you

... 1:30:56 apoe4 positive they also have a significantly elevated risk of a sleep disorder that we call sleep apnea

... 1:31 heavy snoring sleep apnea is a killer

I have found people who are overweight also tend towards more sleep apnea; probably part of the metabolic disaster that is the SAD.

Very thorough treatment of this important topic. While I read Dr. Walker's book when it was first released, Rhonda brings out the latest research and findings in this valuable interview. Excellent.