#92 - The Healing Powers of Sleep

This week Matt explores dreams, questioning if their specific content matters beyond the normal benefits of REM sleep. This episode examines dreaming's significance for creativity, memory integration, and its role as emotional first aid. The discussion then introduces a "hot off the press" study showing how dreams might help us shed unwanted memories, with insights into how REM sleep acts as a nocturnal soothing balm for emotional distress. The episode shares how REM sleep can take the ...

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The Matt Walker Podcast is all about sleep, the brain, and the body. Matt is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the book, Why We Sleep and has given a few TED talks. Matt is an awkward British nerd who adores science and the communication of science to the public.