Sleep Is the Best Cognitive Enhancer We Have

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A big juicy night of sleep is arguably the best cognitive enhancer that we have. I mean, if we you could put sleep in a pill, it would be a super phone. Salvador Dali managed to achieve by lack of sleep was this completely surreal vision and a distortion of reality which informed his art. Paul McCartney woke up after a night of sleep with the melody of yesterday fully formed.

Sleep can enhance your creativity, lift your spirits, improve your sense of humor, and amplify your sociability. So why do so many of us struggle to get a good night's rest? Russell Foster, a professor of circadian neuroscience at the University of Oxford, says it's because we've let the frantic drumbeat of modern life drown out the steady tick-tock of our biological clocks. That's the bad news. The good news is that Russell's here to share science-backed tips that will have you catching more z's in no time.

Russell's new book is "Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep."

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