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Matthew Walker is a British author, scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. As an academic, Walker has focused on the impact of sleep on human health. He has contributed to many scientific research studies. Why We Sleep (2017) is his first work of popular science.
Matthew Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science.
Learn from the leading expert on sleep science, Professor Matt Walker, and discover how sleep affects your health, performance, and well-being.
Matt Walker's research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease. He got his PhD from the Medical Research Council in London, UK, and subsequently became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
An afternoon nap increases the brain's learning capacity by 15-20%. Sleep improves your memory, halting forgetting by 30-50%, relative to staying awake. Not getting enough sleep increases sweet and salty cravings by 30-40%. Sleep offers a three-fold bost in creativity and problem solving.
- Matthew Walker
Jun 3, 2019 · Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the...
Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology in the Department of Psychology and with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. Professor Walker is also the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science.
