Why We Sleep: Science of Sleep & Dreams | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2018–2019.
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Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker presents the science of sleep and dreams and how sleep affects health and lifespan, based on his book Why We Sleep.
HN suggests it as an easy alternative to the book for people who want Walker's sleep findings.
“that I recommend watching if you're not a book person”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Matthew Walker wrote that book [1]. He also has a few talks on YouTube worth checking out. From memory [2] was an informative one for me. [1] [link] [2] ▶ this video
in “Deep Sleep May Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer's Toxins” · View on HN
On the subject of Why We Sleep: I'm not sure how well it corresponds to the book, but Matthew Walker also has a Google Talks talk on the same subject that I recommend watching if you're not a book person: ▶ this video
in “Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?” · View on HN
His Google talk is also very interesting, a lot of other effects besides Alzheimer's are related to sleep deprivation ▶ this video
in “The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep” · View on HN