What is SleepNobel Conference 60 | Resources
Understanding the Nature of Sleep
An article from Science Magazine about how the brain clean itselves during sleep.
An article from the New York Times about the dreaming, memory-making, problem-solving that happens during the REM sleep stage.
This article from Science outlines what drives us to sleep.
An article co-authored by Nobel Conference speaker Amita Sehgal from the Journal of Biological Rhythms
A TEDTalk by Russell Foster summarizing the basics of sleep.
A TEDTalk by Matthew Walker outlining the importance of sleep.
A TEDTalk by Nobel Conference speaker Robert Stickgold about dreaming.
A Crash Course episode outlining the sleep process.
by Matthew Walker aims to provide the general public access to a broad collection of sleep research. This site by the Dr. Walker responds to questions raised regarding the content of the book.
: An article by Jerome M. Siegel which helps readers understand which living things sleep, reach the REM stage, and which animals normally have more sleep deprivation.
: This article by Eric Suni focuses more on how mammals and other animals sleep鈥揾e delves into different categories of sleep for animals, hibernation, and more.
An article by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences which outlines what a circadian rhythm is and does, and the effects of a disrupted circadian rhythm.
An article from the Cleveland Clinic explaining the 鈥渟leep hormone鈥 melatonin, what it does, and how it affects a body鈥檚 circadian rhythm.
An article by VeryWellHealth lays out what sleep architecture is and describes the two main types of sleep鈥揜EM and NREM sleep.