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 Older 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… — Matthew Walker Debt 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… — Matthew Walker Right Copy Share Image
Many business leaders still believe that time on-task equates to productivity. Even in the industrial era of rote factory work, this was… — Matthew Walker Believe Copy Share Image
Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives… — Matthew Walker Human 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… — Matthew Walker Body Copy Share Image
When I give lectures, people will wait behind until there is no one around and then tell me quietly, 'I seem to… — Matthew Walker People Copy Share Image
As you try to tweak your sleep one way or the other, you might be, you might be doing great - you… — Matthew Walker Details Copy Share Image
You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly… — Matthew Walker Brain Copy Share Image
If we didn't need eight hours of sleep and could survive on six, Mother Nature would have done away with 25 percent… — Matthew Walker Mother Copy Share Image
We know that efficiency and effectiveness are increased when you're getting sufficient sleep, and it will take you longer to do the… — Matthew Walker Brain Copy Share Image
“we estimate that more than 50 percent of all children with an ADHD diagnosis actually have a sleep disorder, yet a small… — Matthew Walker Adhd Copy Share Image
Falling asleep is like landing a plane. It takes time. You've got to sort of gradually descend. I think one of the… — Matthew Walker Falling Copy Share Image
“After all, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” — Matthew Walker Absence Copy Share Image
Regularity is a key: going to bed at the same time, waking up at the same time no matter what. But I… — Matthew Walker I think Copy Share Image
No aspect of our biology is left unscathed by sleep deprivation. It sinks down into every possible nook and cranny. And yet… — Matthew Walker Anything Copy Share Image
“It is disquieting to learn that vehicular accidents caused by drowsy driving exceed those caused by alcohol and drugs combined.” — Matthew Walker Accidents Caused Copy Share Image
Deep non-REM sleep almost hits the save button on those recently acquired informational pieces so that when you wake up the next… — Matthew Walker Deep Copy Share Image
I think the first general point to make from epidemiological studies across millions of people is the following - that short sleep… — Matthew Walker I think Copy Share Image
“Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day -- Mother Nature's… — Matthew Walker Biology Copy Share Image
It's not clear whether the brain actually is designed to have nightmares or whether this is actually the process going awry. — Matthew Walker Brain Copy Share Image
Based on the science, you can make somewhat clear statements: The number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep… — Matthew Walker People Copy Share Image
“the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. The leading causes of disease and death in developed nations—diseases that are crippling health-care… — Matthew Walker Death Copy Share Image
I have long been puzzled by the entrenched mentality, and often enforced practice, of longer work hours and less sleep. Innumerable policies… — Matthew Walker Long Copy Share Image
I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical… — Matthew Walker Diet Copy Share Image
It's during dream sleep where we start to actually take the sting out of difficult, even traumatic, emotional experiences that we've been… — Matthew Walker Day Copy Share Image
We now know that we imprint information during the day. We sort of - that seed is planted there within the brain… — Matthew Walker Brain Copy Share Image
If you look at how humans tend to want to sleep, it seems to be either, you know, sort of a monophasic… — Matthew Walker Day Copy Share Image
People dramatically underestimate how much sleep is linked to all the diseases killing us. We know a lack of sleep is linked… — Matthew Walker Breast cancer Copy Share Image
Some people actually sleep better when the significant other is with them. For other couples, it's the opposite. — Matthew Walker Actually Copy Share Image
