Announcement Everything you need to know about sleep, but are too tired to ask Ask neuroscientist Matthew Walker, author of the new book, Why We Sleep, about the downside of…georgeannOctober 17, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life ‘In An Underslept State’ The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but…georgeannOctober 16, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep You’re really asking for it when you name your book “Snooze” or “Why We Sleep.”…georgeannOctober 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question “What do you do?” At parties, it…georgeannSeptember 24, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The worrying effects of working more and sleeping less “Back in the 1940s people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight…georgeannJuly 7, 2017
Event Why we sleep "Why we sleep" with Matthew Walker This free public talk is presented as part of the…georgeannMay 15, 2017
Research Discovery Deep sleep may act as fountain of youth in old age As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of wakefulness, bathroom trips…georgeannApril 5, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Meet the scientist who dreams of fixing your sleep In the age of the quantified self, products that promise to track your habits and…georgeannSeptember 14, 2016
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Sleep Circuit: A web of cell types in one of the brain’s chief wake centers keeps animals up—but also puts them to sleep Early studies attempting to untangle the neurological basis of sleep typically removed or injured part…georgeannMarch 1, 2016