Matthew Walker Professions : Scientist Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Matthew Walker Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the week. Matthew Walker youdebtsleeptrying The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falling asleep. The slightly more nefarious aspect of caffeine is that maybe you can fall asleep, but we know that the depth of deep sleep you're getting if caffeine is still in your system is severely less. Matthew Walker deepyousleepfall No one would look at an infant baby asleep, and say 'What a lazy baby!' We know sleeping is non-negotiable for a baby. But that notion is quickly abandoned. Matthew Walker saylookknowbaby If we didn't need eight hours of sleep and could survive on six, Mother Nature would have done away with 25 percent of our sleep time millions of years ago. Because when you think about it, sleep is an idiotic thing to do. Matthew Walker younaturemothertime Based on the science, you can make somewhat clear statements: The number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep without impairment is zero. Matthew Walker yousleepsciencepeople Your subjective sense of how well you're doing under conditions of sleep deprivation is a miserable predictor of, objectively, how you actually are doing. Matthew Walker yourdoingyousleep Similar Authors Bruce Ellis scientist Brian O'Leary scientist Amanda Feilding scientist Astro Teller scientist Arvid Carlsson scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek scientistAll Authors
