My first book review on SM Book Blog
Title of book: why we sleep
Author: Matthew Walker
My rating: 5 stars
Just finished reading this book that I bought as a birthday present as i was gifted a waterstones gift card by my sister. I had my eye on this book for a while and I had already read a chapter of this book inside the store. This book is on the recommended reading list of Bill Gates which you would find on Gates Notes.
Now onto my review of this book. This book was an interesting read and I would definitely recommend it to science/ psychology/ health students. What I learnt from this book is that there is alot more to just obtaining around 8 hours of sleep per night. A person will go through light NREM sleep, Deep NREM sleep to REM sleep till wakefulness. These are the four stages of sleep and it has been found that some people have disturbed sleep in these stages such as those with Austism Spectrum Disorder. It has been found that not getting enough sleep can cause Alzheimers and Cancer. In Alzheimers the amyloid cells which are proteins target the brain where memories are made.
Driving and not having the right amount of sleep can mean the driver wont react at all under microsleep which is a cause of fatal road accidents. Furthermore, teenagers are more likely to be involved in road traffic accidents since they have early school times and havent had enough sleep and drive. They also display symptoms similar to ADHD.
This book also includes chapters on sleeping drugs and sleep disorders.
Now onto my review of this book. This book was an interesting read and I would definitely recommend it to science/ psychology/ health students. What I learnt from this book is that there is alot more to just obtaining around 8 hours of sleep per night. A person will go through light NREM sleep, Deep NREM sleep to REM sleep till wakefulness. These are the four stages of sleep and it has been found that some people have disturbed sleep in these stages such as those with Austism Spectrum Disorder. It has been found that not getting enough sleep can cause Alzheimers and Cancer. In Alzheimers the amyloid cells which are proteins target the brain where memories are made.
Driving and not having the right amount of sleep can mean the driver wont react at all under microsleep which is a cause of fatal road accidents. Furthermore, teenagers are more likely to be involved in road traffic accidents since they have early school times and havent had enough sleep and drive. They also display symptoms similar to ADHD.
This book also includes chapters on sleeping drugs and sleep disorders.
This is my first review on the blog.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading!