010: David Samson, Anthropology Professor, What Primates Can Teach Us About Leveraging Circadian Rhythm For Great Sleep

May 22, 2020

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In this episode, we discuss:

🦍David Samson’s origin story. How did he become the rockstar of sleep & human and non-human primates?!

🦍Investigating the link between sleep, health, and cognition in human and non-human primates

🦍How the stress and anxiety are at play for so many right now have a role in our history and our sleep

🦍Detailed discussion on the topic of chronic fears and chronic anxieties, and how we can powerfully navigate this in 2020

🦍Concept of that hunter-gatherer sleep and what it is that we in our modern-day society can learn from

🦍Discussion regarding sleep quality

🦍How sleep is a superpower

🦍How to structure your life around strengthening your circadian rhythm

🦍Taking the candlelight challenge and why it is fundamental to getting great sleep

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David R. Samson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He has performed field research on wild apes in Uganda, captive apes, and small-scale human societies in Madagascar, Tanzania, and Guatemala. His main research focuses on primate behavior, with a specific interest in the evolution of sleep and cognition in the human lineage.

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