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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 percolated out into policy or even just public wisdom.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: smoking, sleep, wisdom, science

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As you try to tweak your sleep one way or the other, you might be, you might be doing great - you might do better at remembering details of an event, but you might end up being poorer at abstracting the gist or the rules associated with it.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: better, sleep, great, you
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 week.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: debt, trying, sleep, you
Below seven hours of sleep, there are objective impairments in the body. Eight hours are recommended.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: hours, seven, body, sleep
What is dreaming, and what happens, and are there any real benefits to dreaming? Well, to take a step back, I think it's important to note that dreaming essentially is a time when we all become flagrantly psychotic.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: important, think, step, time
When did a doctor prescribe, not sleeping pills, but sleep itself? It needs to be prioritised, even incentivised.
— Matthew Walker
Tags: itself, did, sleep, doctor
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