Show Notes
Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" was one of the most popular and acclaimed wellness books of 2017.There's just one problem: Much of it isn't true.
Thanks to University of Ottawa Postdoctoral Fellow Dylan Smith for helping us with the research!
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- Walker's TED Talk
- Alexey's blog post: Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors
- Walker’s Response
- Trouble With TED
- Does daylight savings kill people?
- Why We Sleep: A Tale Of Institutional Failure
- IsMatthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors?
- UpAll Night: The science of sleeplessness
- Exploringthe Necessity and Virtue of Sleep
- Why Do We Sleep?
- Siestain Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population
- AChronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk
- Has Adult Sleep Duration Declined Over the Last 50+ Years?
- AmericansAre Sleeping More, If Not Necessarily Better
- High-profilesleep researcher loses paper for duplication