2024-05-08
2 小时 33 分钟Welcome to the Huberman Lab guest series where I and an expert guest discuss science and science based tools for everyday life.
I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
Today marks the 6th episode in our six episode series all about sleep with expert guest doctor Matthew Walker.
Today's episode focuses on sleep and dreaming as well as lucid dreaming.
We talk about whats happening in your brain when you dream both mundane dreams as well as heavily emotionally laden dreams.
And we discuss how to think about and perhaps even interpret the content of your dreams.
And we talk about lucid dreaming, which are dreams that occur while in sleep, of course in which you are aware that you are dreaming.
And because unfortunately they are relatively common.
We also talk about nightmares and both what to do about nightmares as well as how to think about nightmares.
This being the final episode in the six episode series all about sleep, I put the call out on my social media handles for any and all questions about sleep that I could direct to doctor Matthew Walker.
So as today's episode closes, I ask him those questions, focusing specifically on the questions that were most frequently asked by you, the audience, and he answers them in rapid succession.
Before we begin, I'd like to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford.
It is, however, part of my desire and effort to bring zero cost to consumer information about science and science related tools to the general public.
In keeping with that theme, I'd like to thank the sponsors of today's podcast.
Our first sponsor is Betterhelp.
Betterhelp offers professional therapy with a licensed therapist carried out online.
I've been doing therapy for well over 30 years.
Initially, I had to do therapy against my will, but of course I continue to do it voluntarily over time because I really believe that doing regular therapy with a quality therapist is one of the best things that we can do for our mental health.
Indeed, for many people, it's as beneficial as getting regular physical exercise.
The great thing about Betterhelp is that it makes it very easy to find a therapist that's optimal for your needs.