It was a dark, autumnal, Monday evening, and for many of the audience at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (London, UK), the benefits of any extra sleep over the weekend probably felt all but over after the first day back at work. Rather than opting for an early night, however, we gathered to listen to a public lecture by Matthew Walker (Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), entitled Why we sleep. As Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science, Walker's research aim is to uncover the effects of sleep in health and disease, but he is also active in science communication: giving talks and contributing to television and radio, and having published a book in October, 2017, with the same title as the lecture.

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规定睡眠以改善健康

那是一个黑暗的秋天，星期一的晚上，对于英国皇家学会（英国伦敦）的许多观众来说，周末多睡一会的好处，大概是在第一天上班后就已经感受到了。 。但是，我们没有选择熬夜，而是聚在一起听了Matthew Walker（美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的神经科学与心理学教授）的公开演讲，题为“我们为什么睡觉”。作为人类睡眠科学中心的负责人，沃克的研究目标是揭示睡眠对健康和疾病的影响，但他还积极参与科学传播：发表演讲并为电视和广播做贡献，并于10月出版了一本书，2017年，与讲座名称相同。