Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Out-of-sync brain waves may explain why we get forgetful as we age Our brains don’t rest when we sleep. Electrical waves ripple through our noggins as our…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News How sleep impacts your memory Research reveals that as we age, brain waves become unsynchronized. Because of that, the brain…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Research Discovery Offbeat brain rhythms during sleep make older adults forget Like swinging a tennis racket during a ball toss to serve an ace, slow and…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Announcement Everything you need to know about sleep, but are too tired to ask Ask neuroscientist Matthew Walker, author of the new book, Why We Sleep, about the downside of…georgeannOctober 17, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life ‘In An Underslept State’ The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but…georgeannOctober 16, 2017
Perspective The Older You Are, the Worse You Sleep As you may painfully know: Sleep gets more difficult the older you get. Older adults are…georgeannOctober 13, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep You’re really asking for it when you name your book “Snooze” or “Why We Sleep.”…georgeannOctober 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question “What do you do?” At parties, it…georgeannSeptember 24, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The worrying effects of working more and sleeping less “Back in the 1940s people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight…georgeannJuly 7, 2017