Sleep Science Podcast
Penny Lewis
We spend a third of our lives sleeping, and this podcast is all about understanding sleep. We know a lot about what the brain does in sleep, but we are just starting to understand why it does some of these things, and even more excitingly, how we can take full advantage of sleep and also manipulate it for our own ends. In each episode, neuroscientist Penny Lewis interviews a different sleep researcher, talking about a various aspect of sleep science. Topics will include sleep physiology and medicine, circadian rhythm, how sleep impacts on our memories and creativity, Sleep Engineering for enhanced health and cognition, and the most recent technologies to promote sleep.©SleepSciencePodcast 2021. These materials may be downloaded for personal use only. They may not be shared, distributed or reproduced in any form or for any reason without express permission
Categories: Science & Medicine
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For our end of season special, we have the rest of the NaPS lab in to answer a number of exciting sleep-related questions from our listeners. These touch on a range of different subjects from sleeps involvement in weight gain to alcohol's effect on sleep. Thanks to those who sent in questions!List of Questions:1. What is it in general anaesthetic that completely prevents a patient from waking up mid-surgery? Is this a similar state to being in a deep sleep or is this differ...
Previous episodes
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19 - S2E9 - End of season Q&A Session Wed, 09 Mar 2022
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18 - S2E8 - Chiara Cirelli - Synaptic Homeostasis in Sleep Thu, 13 Jan 2022
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17 - S2E7 - Reto Huber - Local Sleep, Sleep Homeostasis, & Brain Plasticity Sat, 25 Sep 2021
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16 - S2E6 Wenbiao Gan - The role of sleep in synapse formation and elimination Wed, 01 Sep 2021
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15 - S2E5 - Manuel Schabus & Kerstin Hoedlmoser - How babies sleep and what this means for their cognitive function Mon, 13 Sep 2021
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14 - S2E4 Colin Espie – What is insomnia and how can we treat it? Fri, 16 Jul 2021
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13 - S2E3 - Tore Nielsen & Mark Blagrove - Lucid Dreaming & the 'Dream-lag' effect Wed, 07 Jul 2021
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12 - S2E1:Tristan Bekinschtein - The Consciousness Boundary Thu, 27 May 2021
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11 - S2E2: Tore Nielsen & Mark Blagrove - Part 1 - What we dream and why we need to Mon, 24 May 2021
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10 - Episode 10: Christmas Q&A session Tue, 22 Dec 2020
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9 - Episode 9: Michelle Carr and Karen Konkoly - What is lucid dreaming and how can it help us? Sun, 13 Dec 2020
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8 - Episode 8: Daniel Bendor: Memory Replay and Consolidation in Rodents Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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7 - Episode 7: Björn Rasch -Targeted Memory Reactivation Sun, 08 Nov 2020
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6 - Episode 6: Dan Margoliash & Tim Brawn: How sleep helps birds to learn their songs Fri, 16 Oct 2020
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5 - Episode 5: Anat Arzi & Thomas Andrillon - Learning in your sleep Mon, 21 Sep 2020
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4 - Episode 4: Vlad Vyazovskiy - Local sleep, circadian rhythms and torpor Thu, 17 Sep 2020
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3 - Episode 3: Gina Poe - How sleep restructures our memories and emotions Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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2 - Episode 2: Sasha Handley - A history of sleep in Early Modern England Tue, 25 Aug 2020
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1 - Episode 1: Bob Stickgold - What do sleep and dreams do for our minds and our memories? Mon, 24 Aug 2020