A walk through the stages of sleep | Sleeping with Science, a TED series

A walk through the stages of sleep | Sleeping with Science, a TED series

Did you know you go on a journey every night after you close your eyes? Sleep scientist Matt Walker breaks down the difference between REM (Rapid-Eye Movement) and non-REM sleep, what occurs during each stage of sleep — and why it’s important to get enough of both.

Sleeping with Science, a TED series, uncovers the facts and secrets behind our nightly slumber. Check out more episodes on TED.com: https://go.ted.com/sleepingwithscience

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  1. I screwed my shoulder up somehow last week. Man it hurt. I was going through other non-related pain as well…and for a couple of days in a row I ended up sleeping for 12+ hours and it was blissful. The second night of 12+ my shoulder pain completely went away and I was so grateful!
    I use to fight sleep so hard. I hated it! Now I love my sleep and often drift off embracing it and appreciating it. That point when I start drifting after a long day…can feel legit magical. Very euphoric sometimes!

  2. where is the subsequent episode?
    what would be those people having very less REM cycle? let say some people sleep 4 hours during the lights and sleep 4 hours in the afternoon, what is the impact?
    For some Autistic people or people with Ezema, they have the problem of falling asleep, or being waked up due to itchy or handmove, what its the impact for the cycle?

  3. High question, but is the reason why the old or sick waste away because we inundated their system with so many drugs that it takes away the body’s ability to regenerate through sleep? If alcohol and marijuana affects sleep pharmaceuticals certainly would too as well right?(I get that old people have a hard time coming back because biological reasons of old age)

  4. When I hit the pillow, I’m asleep within 5 minutes. I sleep like I’m in a coma, I don’t hear anything, not even alarms, I have multiple alarms and I still don’t hear them on full volume. Nothing wakes me, except me. I never remember my dreams at all.

  5. Ladies & gentlemen…i give you Matt Walker, Sleep Ranger – aka, Chuck Snorris. 🤠🛌😴 0:25

  6. I have very long vivid lucid dreams every single night… Always have my entire life… Apparently that’s not normal…?

  7. Important question: Does the person that lost the main part of their REM sleep now feel even more tired compared to the 2 hours they lost or less? How important is REM sleep for feeling awake the next day??

  8. Yeah but what if you’re like me and you only sleep in small sections, wake up, have to stretch my back, try to sleep again? 60 to 120 minutes is the most I go at a stretch… And it’s because of this I think that for the last 20 years I don’t remember a single dream if I had one which I don’t think I have in the sense that most people do…

  9. sleep is a wonderful tool to our mental health and can help up recharge the energy to deal with problem, and school just destroys that tool. idk somewhere else but in Viet Nam, every students even a primary students have to wake up at 6am and then leave at 5pm well that makes up 1/3 of our day.

  10. 班代表:
    這段YouTube影片講述了睡眠的科學和睡眠對健康的重要性。影片中提到,睡眠主要分為兩種類型:非快速眼動睡眠(非REM)和快速眼動睡眠(REM)。非REM睡眠又進一步細分為四個階段,從淺到深,隨著進入更深的階段,身體的心率和體溫會降低,而在深層非REM睡眠中,身體的免疫系統會得到加強,記憶也會得到鞏固。

    相反,REM睡眠是我們經歷最生動的夢境的階段,腦波活動會加快,這時進行著情感上的自我修復,並能提高創造力,幫助我們解決面臨的問題。影片還描述了這兩種睡眠型態在整個夜間如何競爭,並以90分鐘的循環方式交替出現,夜間的前半部分主要是深的非REM睡眠,而後半部分則以REM睡眠為主。

    了解睡眠的結構意味著即使只提前醒來幾個小時,也可能會失去大量的REM睡眠,這對健康有實際的影響。影片最後指出不同睡眠階段的好處以及睡眠不足帶來的後果,將在後續的影片中進一步探討。

  11. This content is evocative; similar to a book that evoked a strong response. "Better Sleep Better Life" by Various Authors

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