It's really amazing how the amount and quality of sleep we get influences almost every aspect of our lives. Even if you don't think you have issues with it, you may find out otherwise when you finish the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who has issues with sleeplessness. I thought that someone with a little more pep needed to read a book about this topic I had to speed him up to 2x. Don't get me wrong - he has a beautiful voice - for inducing sleep. The only thing that almost put me to sleep was the narrator. He remains scientific about things, but he's not dry I found the book to be very interesting.
He addresses dreams, but not in a superstitious, mumbo-jumbo kind of way. Dement, it will take a couple of weeks of discipline to get your sleep cyle and quality to where it needs to be. This was a scary and eye-opening concept for me.
We develop a sleep deficit that will stay with us until we get enough sleep to make up for what we've lost. The main thing that I took away from this book is that we really don't get away with losing sleep long term. Dement explores the both the scientific technicalities of sleep and the environmental factors that influence it. It is written by a doctor who has studied the subject in depth and has conducted numerous studies on the topic. This is the book I have been looking for about sleep. Many times, you get statements like this (paraphrasing): "When I was invited to testify before Congress, I told them how So-and-so, my good friend and distinguished colleage at Stanford, had made the remarkable discovery that." or "In 1998, I won yet another grant from such-and-such charity, proving again the need in modern America for innovative sleep research." The book would have been better without such self-congratulatory indulgences.Ī truly scientific study of sleep with useful tips (2) Dement name-drops and congratulates himself a lot. (1) Dement's commentary is often quite repetitive - at the beginning and end of every section, for example, Dement drones on about how people don't realize how important sleep really is. I don't give it a 5, however, because of two flaws.
It's fascinating stuff and it comprises a large part of this book, which is why I think the work overall is pretty good. Pretty good - not great, but pretty goodĭement is at his best when he's talking about sleep research and the various experimental results he's witnessed over his long career.
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