Do You Think You're Ready for Bed?

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The moment when you say to me, iam, sleepy now. I am ready for bed, the moment when you subjectively feel most sleepy,. You have no sense of what your cor body temperature is doing. The funny thing about falling asleep and getting cool at the core of your body is that it requires the opposite to happen in the extremity, peripheral parts of your body. And we need to warm up because during a this sleep onset phase, where blood starts to l to our hands and to our feet and to our face. It's easier to fall asleep in a room that's too cold rather than too hot. In fact, there's something in sleep science called the warm bath

Renowned sleep scientist Matthew Walker discusses everything you need to know about what a better night’s sleep can do for your life, and how to prioritize and perfect the way you sleep. Walker breaks down how to identify when you need more sleep, how to deal with insomnia, the best devices to track your sleep, and some unconventional sleep hygiene tips, including why it’s never a good idea to count sheep. Walker is a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California-Berkeley, and is also the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. He has published over 100 scientific research studies on the impact of sleep on human brain function, and he is the author of the 2017 book, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. --

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