#14: Temperature – Part 2

Why do you feel drained after sitting at a desk all day? Matt explores the unsettled science of mental fatigue. Popular ideas like running out of brain glucose are debunked. Instead of an empty fuel tank, the culprit may be a "full ashtray." Research links mental exhaustion to a ...  Show more

From the "stopped clock illusion" to "cute aggression," Matt explores ten everyday brain quirks and proves these oddities are actually signs of a healthy mind. He groups them into categories of prediction, filtering, internal wiring, and memory, and goes on to reveal why we canno ...  Show more

Heat therapy, such as using a sauna or soaking in a hot bath, may significantly improve your slow wave sleep. My latest episode delves into the fascinating intersection between exercise and passive body heating and elucidates how high energy expenditure exercise and heat expos ...

This is episode 2 of a 6-part special series on sleep with Dr. Matthew Walker, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience and psychology and founder of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley. We discuss basic and advanced tools for improving sleep an ...  Show more

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