Sleep-Engineering: Improve Your Life By Manipulating Your Sleep
We spend 1/3rd of our life asleep, which suggests it is doing something very important. But, what is all of this for? And why does every animal species appear to need sleep? Based on the latest neuroscientific research Penny Lewis shows why sleep is thought to be critical for combining and restructuring memories, and thus to form the basis of creativity.
Penny (Penelope) Lewis is a neuroscientist at the University of Manchester, where she runs the Neuroscience and Psychology of Sleep (NaPS) lab. Her research investigates the role of sleep in strengthening and altering memories and the ways people can use this to their advantage. She is the author of The Secret World of Sleep, which has sold around 10,000 copies, and has written for a variety of popular science publications, including New Scientist, Scientific American and BBC Focus.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
What Happens To You If You Don’t Get Sleep
Professor Matthew Walker is the Director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab. We feature several of his videos where he discusses the latest discoveries about sleep and how it impacts our life, wellness, and lifespan.
In this video, he lists what happens to your body and brain if you don’t get enough sleep. Click ‘…more’ to see the transcript of the whole video.
Sleep Apnea Treatments
Tonight, millions of people will be falling asleep only to wake up exhausted, irritable, and feeling just plain awful. If you are one of those suffering from a sleep breathing disorder, you’d be doing yourself a favour by looking at possible sleep apnea treatments.
Sleep should be something we look forward to every night, right? But if you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleeping could be your worst enemy. If you live in Brisbane, Australia and need to be properly tested for OSA, call us on
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You are likely to have sleep apnea if you are overweight (even just a little), have a thick neck, over forty years of age, drink alcohol, smoke or have a deformed airway passage. Signs that you may be suffering from this condition include snoring and people telling you that you stop breathing when you fall asleep.
Sleep apnea is a very serious problem as it blocks the airway passage and causes the sleeper to stop breathing for several seconds. If you stop breathing during sleep, your brain receives a signal telling you to wake up (although you may not remember waking.) Because your brain senses that your body is in danger, you awaken several times a night trying to catch your breath. The more times this happens, the less oxygen you take in and the less rest you get. In the morning you awaken only to find that you feel like you’ve never slept at all. (more…)