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Talks at GoogleWhy Sleep Matters | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- July 12, 2019
- Duration
- 56m
- Channel
- Talks at Google
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive. Professor Matthew Walker discusses with Matt Brittin twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters, how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime -- this is a talk that will change how you think about bedtime! Moderated by Matt Brittin.
SPEAKERS
Matt Brittin
hostTalks at Google moderator and interviewer for the event.
Matthew Walker
guestSleep scientist and author specializing in the health and neuroscience of sleep.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Talks at Google, featuring Matt Brittin and Matthew Walker, Why Sleep Matters | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google explores Matthew Walker explains sleep’s vital roles and modern sleep disruptors Matthew Walker argues that most adults require seven to nine hours of sleep, and he claims that essentially no one can consistently function unimpaired on seven hours or less.
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