I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science, and it was right there for the public discussion, but it's not yet adequately sort of… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.” — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be lovely if… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”VII” — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science,… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
It's simply that older adults don't seem to be able to generate sleep efficiently, and that's why they're not getting it. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
The time of night when you sleep makes a significant difference in terms of the structure and quality of your sleep. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
No one wants to give up time with their family or entertainment, so they give up sleep instead. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
If sleep does not provide a remarkable set of benefits, then it's the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
Your subjective sense of how well you're doing under conditions of sleep deprivation is a miserable predictor of, objectively, how you actually are doing. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' I say, 'I can't, I'm a 10 A.M.-till-6:30 P.M. kind of guy.' I keep… — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
