sleep

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Mind & body

In search of a way to improve humans’ faulty memories and bad habits

In a new paper, Allison Harvey, a UC Berkeley psychology professor, says lessons from science can help everyone instill good habits — and even lead to more effective patient treatments.

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Mind & body

New research finds deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control

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Mind & body

Deep sleep may mitigate Alzheimer’s memory loss, Berkeley research shows

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Mind & body

Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and refreshed

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Sleepless and selfish: Lack of sleep makes us less generous

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Audio article

Berkeley Talks: How to use sleep and circadian science to get better rest

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How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins

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Brain noise contains unique signature of dream sleep

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Story Jumps article

Sleep researcher Matthew Walker wins Carl Sagan science prize

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Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain

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California students to get later school start, thanks to Berkeley alum

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Video article

Disrupted sleep in one’s 50s, 60s raises risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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Deportation worries fuel anxiety, poor sleep, among U.S.-born Latinx youth

UC Berkeley neuroscientist Matthew Walker gives TED talk on sleep.

You won’t snooze through this TED Talk

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Dragging? Blame the ‘time pollution’ of springing forward

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