Why We Sleep / Matthew Walker

Unlocking the power of sleep and dreams

It offers a look at sleep and dreaming that incorporates the important discoveries of the last two decades regarding their purpose, addressing their importance in such functions as learning, logical thinking, emotional regulation, and metabolism

PART 1THIS THING CALLED SLEEP

CHAPTER 1
TO SLEEP

 

CHAPTER 2
CAFFEINE, JET LAG, AND MELATONIN: LOSING AND GAINING CONTROL OF YOUR SLEEP RHYTHM

 

CHAPTER 3
DEFINING AND GENERATING SLEEP: TIME DILATION AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM A BABY IN 1952

 

CHAPTER 4
APE BEDS, DINOSAURS, AND NAPPING WITH HALF A BRAIN WHO SLEEPS, HOW DO WE SLEEP, AND HOW MUCH?

 

CHAPTER 5
CHANGES IN SLEEP ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

 

 

 

PART 2
WHY SHOULD YOU SLEEP?

 

CHAPTER 6
YOUR MOTHER AND SHAKESPEARE KNEW: THE BENEFITS OF SLEEP FOR THE BRAIN

 

CHAPTER 7
TOO EXTREME FOR THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS: SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND THE BRAIN

 

CHAPTER 8
CANCER, HEART ATTACKS, AND A SHORTER LIFE: SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND THE BODY164

 

 

 

PART 3

HOW AND WHY WE DREAM

 

CHAPTER 9
ROUTINELY PSYCHOTIC: REM-SLEEP DREAMING

 

CHAPTER 10
DREAMING AS OVERNIGHT THERAPY

CHAPTER 11DREAM CREATIVITY AND DREAM CONTROL

 

PART 4
FROM SLEEPING PILLS TO SOCIETY TRANSFORMED

 

CHAPTER 12
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: SLEEP DISORDERS AND DEATH CAUSED BY NO SLEEP

 

CHAPTER 13
IPADS, FACTORY WHISTLES, AND NIGHTCAPS: WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM SLEEPING?

 

CHAPTER 14
HURTING AND HELPING YOUR SLEEP: PILLS VS. THERAPY

 

CHAPTER 15
SLEEP AND SOCIETY: WHAT MEDICINE AND EDUCATION ARE DOING WRONG; WHAT GOOGLE AND NASA ARE DOING RIGHT

 

CHAPTER 16
A NEW VISION FOR SLEEP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

 

CONCLUSION: TO SLEEP OR NOT TO SLEEP