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#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
Lex Fridman Podcast
Sleep Is a Powerful Tool to Reduce Stress and Dementia
Bob Stickgold: We've created this anxiety about sleep that it's if we don't sleep enough we're going to get dementia. Dopamine the molecule of pursuit and reward resets our ability to be in effort, he says. A study done by a colleague of mine at Stanford showed that positive anticipation about the next day events actually is a powerful metric for creating quality sleep even if the sleep is very reduced. The brain is hobbling along and anything you feel or think at that time should not be given too much value.
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