May 11, 2020
In this anxiety provoking time, many readers have expressed problems with sleep disturbances. A book entitled Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD. (professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science) offers the reader information on many aspects of […]
April 16, 2017
What is the best way to make tough decisions? In the February 17, 2006 issue of Science magazine, Ap Dijksterhuis, a Dutch psychologist, published the startling claim that people make better decisions about complex choices if they don’t think too hard about them. He based this counterintuitive conclusion on several studies. In the first study, […]
The risks and benefits of losing consciousness while asleep By definition, to be asleep is to be unconscious. From a biological perspective, sleeping would seem like a dangerous thing to do, considering the associated vulnerability to predators or competitors; therefore, from an evolutionary standpoint, it must have some significant survival value. Perhaps there is a […]
April 12, 2017
Consider the modern concept of “normal” sleep. Thanks to artificial illumination, I can stay active in the evening and delay my bedtime until about 11 p.m. I lock the door (to ensure security), turn down the thermostat (for optimal sleeping temperature), and turn off the lights (to eliminate extraneous stimulation). I join my wife (the […]
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