Dr. Matthew Walker on Sleep for Enhancing Learning, Creativity, Immunity, and Glymphatic System
This episode features Matthew Walker, PhD, who is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as the …
Omg. You can recall your dreams ( some ) by a discipline. When you wake wrote down everything you can remember In 6 weeks you’ll remember many of them 2 hours Ha ha ha ha 2 idiots. Pass again
Who is this interviewer? So refreshing to hear an interviewer who is informed and can actually contribute to the discussion, rather than just reeling off a list of questions!
23:23 Ever since I've started sleeping the recommended time, not only do I feel better, but I also remember pretty much all of the dreams that pop into my head. A lot of them are quite scary, especially when they're gritty like I like them to be, but I can't for the life of me understand why I get up around two too three times during the night. Although I simply relieve myself on the toilet and quickly fall back to sleep again, I feel like I would be perfect for Matt to put me on any sort of testing machine.
About to put this on for the third time while doing some manual labor. Completely fascinated and grateful that the rest of my life will be changed from this.
A few mental note takeaways. 1.) You can increase your recall by playing sounds and smells associated with certain memories in your sleep. 2.) non rem aids short term memory, rem helps with long term and also idea making and creative problem solving 3) you can potentially wake yourself up during rem (maybe by loosely timing an alarm based on sleep cycle) that will make your dreams (creative rem associations) more recallable and available to your memory (could be inventions or answers to problems you couldn't solve in there!) 4) sleeping sufficiently before and after learning are critically important to learning
When interacting with others your immunity better damn well be up regulated because those people may be sick. Sounds like a contagious plague would spread faster when everyone has enough sleep and approaches others more closely.
The cause of natural killer cells reduction in bloodstream after sleep deprivation is probably the same as reduction after exercise (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911985/): Indeed, the lymphocyte mobilization response observed during exercise appears to broadly mirror the differential expression of beta-2 adrenergic receptors on lymphocytes: natural killer cells > CD8+ T cells > B cells > CD4+ T cells, including regulatory T cells (81, 86–88). Upon exercise cessation, the classic biphasic exercise response is next characterized by a dramatic decrease in the frequency of lymphocytes in the bloodstream. During the stress natural killers and other cells moves into tissue in order to survey, if cells are damaged.
This episode has nearly 30 clips! Crazy, right? Here are some of the highlights…
[FMF Clips] The importance of light and dark for improved sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBp7EHc9cdE
[FMF Clips] REM sleep’s role in creative solutions, dream inspiration and wisdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAdw2ZLOg4
[FMF Clips] Temperature triggers sleep and influences sleep depth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XgFrQ5aBU
[FMF Clips] Sleep deprivation may be correlated with increased impulsivity and psychiatric disorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajM6FMY0_MY
[FMF Clips] How gut microbiome is affected by circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hse2eB8PNns
[FMF Clips] Alcohol and other factors that negatively affect sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB4AqGybbVA
[FMF Clips] Evidence shows blue light from screens anxiogenic and detrimental to healthy sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL4bIDriJdo
[FMF Clips] Sleeping pills correlated with increased cancer risk and decreased brain plasticity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Is-C5fr_es
[FMF Clips] Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) as an alternative to sleeping pills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQVchmcIvY
[FMF Clips] Sleep deprivation leads to a preference for carbohydrates and sugary snacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGdZxe5qDQ0
[FMF Clips] Lack of sleep linked to glucose insensitivity and pre-diabetes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjG-2jIFnAY
[FMF Clips] Chronotypes: Your natural propensity to be an early riser or night owl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDVlq120MnQ
[FMF Clips] The four pillars of sleep: depth, duration, continuity and regularity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqM8PqZPpw
[FMF Clips] REM sleep vs. deep sleep and their importance for cardiovascular and emotional health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3a0O8F6ZuQ
[FMF Clips] Circadian regulation of sleep leads to better health outcomes in infants and elderly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnd4CcTgC0s
[FMF Clips] Identifying age-related vulnerability windows for early life prevention of diseases like Alzheimer’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZOGeNpw1U
[FMF Clips] APOE4 allele linked with impairment of deep sleep and deadly sleep apnea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJ-v5iVugQ
[FMF Clips] Lack of deep sleep linked with amyloid-beta build up in Alzheimer's disease
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-23t3gffZ0E
[FMF Clips] Lack of sleep decreases immune system effectiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CJHhihZYj8
[FMF Clips] Exercise-induced acute inflammation & heat induced immune responses as pathway for good sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CEve3V_yQM
[FMF Clips] Sleep deprivation leads to a drastic decrease in learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTMPxtxDRc
[FMF Clips] Learning events are ‘replayed’ at rapid speed during deep sleep to reinforce learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4107qePrBWw
[FMF Clips] How sound and smell are tied to learning, and the connection to sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8afZ42QrOg
[FMF Clips] Why do we selectively remember dreams?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw68cOtL80M
[FMF Clips] Sleep deprivation linked to loneliness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw68cOtL80M
[FMF Clips] Anxiety, cortisol and meditation and their effects on insomnia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcf5_OZWS1Q
Omg. You can recall your dreams ( some ) by a discipline. When you wake wrote down everything you can remember In 6 weeks you’ll remember many of them
2 hours Ha ha ha ha
2 idiots. Pass again
Is there any way to recover from all the damage caused by my 30 years of sleep deprivation? I was parenting.
Who is this interviewer? So refreshing to hear an interviewer who is informed and can actually contribute to the discussion, rather than just reeling off a list of questions!
What if sleep was the real world, and awake was the dream world.
Wow, what a video. I want to absorb every bit of it. I ♥️ science.
The way Dr. Patrick says gut really bothers me.
23:23
Ever since I've started sleeping the recommended time, not only do I feel better, but I also remember pretty much all of the dreams that pop into my head. A lot of them are quite scary, especially when they're gritty like I like them to be, but I can't for the life of me understand why I get up around two too three times during the night. Although I simply relieve myself on the toilet and quickly fall back to sleep again, I feel like I would be perfect for Matt to put me on any sort of testing machine.
These two people literally saved my life, I'm so excited I found a conversation between both of them
Amazing talk.. Thank you guys!
About to put this on for the third time while doing some manual labor. Completely fascinated and grateful that the rest of my life will be changed from this.
Thank you Barney Rubble for the information!
I wish she would stop interrupting him. She asks questions and then doesn’t give him time to respond. Ugh.
Absolutely insaneeee!!!!
It would be cool to see Dr. Patrick, Dr. Walker and Dr. Sinclair in the same room
I stayed up too late again just to watch this as its too interesting. .. The irony
This was unreal informative! Thankyou so much you two, I've learned a lot to help my own clients.
A few mental note takeaways. 1.) You can increase your recall by playing sounds and smells associated with certain memories in your sleep. 2.) non rem aids short term memory, rem helps with long term and also idea making and creative problem solving 3) you can potentially wake yourself up during rem (maybe by loosely timing an alarm based on sleep cycle) that will make your dreams (creative rem associations) more recallable and available to your memory (could be inventions or answers to problems you couldn't solve in there!) 4) sleeping sufficiently before and after learning are critically important to learning
I used to use colored pens with different odours to write my notes for exams. I must be some kind of genius.
When interacting with others your immunity better damn well be up regulated because those people may be sick. Sounds like a contagious plague would spread faster when everyone has enough sleep and approaches others more closely.
I love telling other people about the fascinating discoveries in this video! Thanks Dr. P
love your real time referencing!
The cause of natural killer cells reduction in bloodstream after sleep deprivation is probably the same as reduction after exercise (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911985/):
Indeed, the lymphocyte mobilization response observed during exercise appears to broadly mirror the differential expression of beta-2 adrenergic receptors on lymphocytes: natural killer cells > CD8+ T cells > B cells > CD4+ T cells, including regulatory T cells (81, 86–88). Upon exercise cessation, the classic biphasic exercise response is next characterized by a dramatic decrease in the frequency of lymphocytes in the bloodstream.
During the stress natural killers and other cells moves into tissue in order to survey, if cells are damaged.
Sleep is a waste of time. Hurry, someone figure out something better before A.I. takes over.
10:15 man says something mildly intelligent, woman stands up without any comment and leaves the interview for a few seconds, analyze.
Oh, sleep & meditation together, perfect
play on speed 1.25x so you can go sleep earlier and remember what Walker talked about
The next lecture I wanna hear from this guy is him in depth talking about the benefits and need for hot sex