The Science of Sleeping Better | Matthew Walker - MasterClass Moments

Chapters:

0:00 Intro and Matthew Walker
1:33 The Stages of sleep - REM & NREM
2:33 Benefits of NREM sleep
3:00 Benefits of REM Sleep
3:49 Sleep Pressure - Adenosine
5:29 Misconceptions about Melatonin and Sleeping pills
6:33 Social Jet lag
7:12 Chronotypes and chronotype bias
9:00 Could caffeine be good for sleep?
11:00 Could Alcohol be good for sleep?
12:30 What to do when you drink alcohol or caffeine before bed
12:55 Part two will blow your mind!

How to Sleep Better - Summary of the MasterClass (The Science of Better Sleep by Matthew Walker).
If you want to learn how to sleep longer, how to sleep deeper and what to do to increase your sleep quality, you should watch these two videos.

In Part 1 (this video) we discuss the following:
1. Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep
2. Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep
3. The Stages of sleep and its benefits
4. The Sleep Pressure Phenomenon and Adenosine
5. Misconceptions about melatonin and sleeping pills
6. Social Jet lag
7. Night Owls and Morning Larks - Chronotypes
8. Chronotype bias
9. Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Bulimia
10. How Alcohol and Caffeine affect sleep

Part two addresses steps to improve your sleep quality immediately.

Matthew Walker, Ph.D., is professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and founder and director of the school’s Center for Human Sleep Science. Walker is the author of The New York Times and international bestseller Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. His TED Talk “Sleep is Your Superpower” has garnered more than 16 million views. He has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. Walker’s research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease.