[In Context] Prescribing sleep for better health

It was a dark, autumnal, Monday evening, and for many of the audience at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (London, UK), the benefits of any extra sleep over the weekend probably felt all but over after the first day back at work. Rather than opting for an early night, however, we gathered to listen to a public lecture by Matthew Walker (Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), entitled Why we sleep. As Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science, Walker's research aim is to uncover the effects of sleep in health and disease, but he is also active in science communication: giving talks and contributing to television and radio, and having published a book in October, 2017, with the same title as the lecture.
Source: Lancet Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: In Context Source Type: research