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**A __New York Times__ bestseller** 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 memor

Who reads Why We Sleep : Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams?

Author

Matthew Walker, PhD

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501144325

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Psychology

Rating

4.47 / 5 (144 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13