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A walk through the stages of sleep | Sleeping with Science, a TED series

Did you know you go on a journey every night after you close your eyes? Sleep scientist Matt Walker breaks down the difference between REM (Rapid-Eye Movement) and non-REM sleep, what occurs during each stage of sleep — and why it’s important to get enough of both. Sleeping with Science, a TED series, uncovers the…

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Did you know you go on a journey every night after you close your eyes? Sleep scientist Matt Walker breaks down the difference between REM (Rapid-Eye Movement) and non-REM sleep, what occurs during each stage of sleep — and why it’s important to get enough of both.

Sleeping with Science, a TED series, uncovers the facts and secrets behind our nightly slumber. (Made possible with the support of Beautyrest)

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56 Comments

  1. Honey Hughes

    September 2, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    My school showed my year group Matt Walker’s Ted video a year or two ago. A fascinating, funny and slightly scary video. Glad you’re working together with this new series!

  2. Sagadat Nurmagambet

    September 2, 2020 at 4:04 pm

    Mewatchingthisat3am jokes are welcome

  3. Nixon Santos

    September 2, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    Watching this before i go to sleep.

  4. amigo anand

    September 2, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    One Who sleeps , he lost !!

  5. Gleyciane Fonseca

    September 2, 2020 at 4:26 pm

    UAU

  6. Coreen Montagna

    September 2, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    When I take a nap, I always tell people “I need to go consolidate memories.”

  7. Arcux

    September 2, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Ahh, a refreshing actual TED talk. Thank you for not SJW-ing this topic.

  8. Nesli Sanli - Anything is possible

    September 2, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    TED is an awesome channel ❤

  9. Tyler Loconte

    September 2, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    I don’t think my gf will appreciate me sleeping with science instead of her

  10. Leiya Rabe

    September 2, 2020 at 5:39 pm

    So is it “better” (if we had to choose) to go to bed latter than usual and wake up at the same hour than sleeping at the same hour as usual and wake up earlier?

    • lestrange

      September 2, 2020 at 11:53 pm

      I think it would be the same, assuming you fell asleep as quickly each time. Because the cycles would last the same length and you would still be getting up before the final cycle. The 8 hours would not have the beginning chopped off because it still starts at whatever time you fall asleep.

  11. BornWithStyle

    September 2, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    need a real expert to measure my sleep cycles to the dot and help me figure the best sleep plan out

  12. PPT EDU

    September 2, 2020 at 5:41 pm

    👍true

  13. 2nd3rd1st

    September 2, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    Can you believe that the son of Boris Becker and Ross from F.R.I.E.N.D.S. is a sleep scientist?

  14. Daniel Jackson

    September 2, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    problem is, you can sleep 12 hours a day, if its not of a good quality, quantity doesnt matter, you will still be tired as a sloth

  15. Daniel Jackson

    September 2, 2020 at 7:02 pm

    what a terrible visualisation, now i have nightmares

  16. Daniel Jackson

    September 2, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    a video about improving sleep quality and how to fall asleep quick would be helpfull

  17. wiggledytoes

    September 2, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    I want more rem

  18. Hippienolic 2

    September 2, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    So should people sleep in multiples of 90 minutes?

    • jparkerwillis

      September 3, 2020 at 7:51 am

      It’s approximately 90 minutes for 1 sleep cycle, so your final sleep duration won’t be a multiple of 90 minutes. However, if you wake up at the same time every day then your body will have a more consistent sleep cycle.

  19. Dumble Door

    September 2, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    I call it “going through my dark phase” 🙂

  20. Martin Harris

    September 2, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    It defies me how you can sleep with that hair-do…..😴

  21. 2003leonard

    September 2, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    Ah yes, it’s 1 a.m. and I’m watching a video about how important sleep is.

    I love life

  22. Startup Funding Event Global

    September 3, 2020 at 12:44 am

    “It’s during REM sleep that we receive almost a form of emotional first aid” (love this part!)

  23. Granjacia

    September 3, 2020 at 3:00 am

    i sleep at dawn 🙁 infact i dont have a cycle at all

  24. Zinrockin

    September 3, 2020 at 6:03 am

    Very educational

  25. jparkerwillis

    September 3, 2020 at 7:46 am

    What about intermittent sleep or bimodal sleep? How does that affect the amount of REM sleep we get?

  26. September 3, 2020 at 7:51 am

    Glad they uploaded this series when I started having sleep problems

  27. PeculiarK8 Atelier

    September 3, 2020 at 9:28 am

    This is why I do not function properly. Sleep 4 or 5 hours, or sleep 8 hours but in two parts instead of at ones, as I wake up and then go back to bed. Hot mess 🔥

  28. Chris

    September 3, 2020 at 10:49 am

    wow, a non bs talk on sleep. thanks for bein a non sensationalist.

  29. RainS

    September 3, 2020 at 11:05 am

    That guy looks like Chuck Norris- Chuck doesn’t need to sleep. Ever.

  30. Júnio Paschoal

    September 3, 2020 at 11:47 am

    I AM LOVING THESE VIDEOS ABOUT SLEEPING!!! Plz, continue.

    You are awesome!

  31. Tomás Gomes

    September 3, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    “Let’s take someone who typically goes to bed at 10pm, and they wake up at 6am”
    Yes, yes… that’s exactly what I do.

  32. ryce Ev

    September 3, 2020 at 12:44 pm

    Can you cover impact of sleep during the day for us night shift workers

  33. Vuvuzela

    September 3, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    Like chuck norris and Tim allen had a child..

  34. Md Abdur Razzak

    September 3, 2020 at 3:12 pm

    Love you and thank you matt walker

  35. SI4NA

    September 3, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    Now I know why I haven’t dreamt in 10 years haha

  36. Syahidulhaq Alhafidz

    September 3, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    Me watching at 2 am 👁👄👁

  37. Almas Torekhanov

    September 4, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    This Trump has normal sleep pattern

  38. Deus

    September 4, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    Is this the Headspace guy? He sounds just like him

    • Samarth Manocha

      September 6, 2020 at 8:32 am

      No that’s Andy Puddicombe. But yeah, sounds like him

    • Deus

      September 6, 2020 at 2:01 pm

      Samarth Manocha thanks

  39. Brent Better

    September 4, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Hey, you should really publish something on the death of Kelli Drinkwater. You still have the video of her saying that it’s ok to be fat. That it was healthy for her to be at the weight that she lived at. Imagine a teenage girl who’s 40 lbs overweight already and she goes and sees that video. You turned the comments section off so it preaches like truth. Kelli Drinkwater died of a heart attack at the age of 34. You’re a publisher. You lose credibility when you publish stuff like that.

  40. shantanu thakare

    September 4, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    Eagerly waiting for next sessions
    Btw Good night

  41. Shabbir Master

    September 4, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    I fell asleep watching this vedio

  42. complex

    September 5, 2020 at 4:16 am

    TED, the more you advertise, the less I trust you and your speakers, and the less I’ll watch; to the point where I’ll stop coming here at all.

  43. RanOut

    September 6, 2020 at 1:26 am

    Thats why it’s so hard to get out of bed when you need to get up earlier but you can stay up late and wake up the same time you always do. Sometimes even if you want to go back to sleep you can’t.

  44. Jennifer H20

    September 6, 2020 at 3:34 am

    I get 8-9 hours every night. I never get sick amridiculously healthy, and it’s not from other lifestyle factors (e.g. diet) being stellar. I’m convinced good regular sleep is the reason. It’s importance cannot be overstated.

  45. Vladimir Pereira

    September 6, 2020 at 5:00 am

    💤🛏⏰

  46. Laura McKinlay

    September 6, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    I’d be interested to see how depression affects the brainwaves of people with depression, ptsd, etc

  47. Erickzy

    September 7, 2020 at 12:46 am

    what if I wake up once or more at night?

  48. Creepy

    September 7, 2020 at 3:38 am

    Перестаньте душить Ted на русском !!!

  49. Ayesha Parveen

    September 7, 2020 at 7:51 am

    He looks like Khan 🙂

  50. Niuver Rodríguez Ceballo

    September 7, 2020 at 8:05 am

    BESIDES YOU ARE SUCH A CLEAR TEACHER…AND ALL YOUR INFORMATION IS SO HEALTHFULL. I ONLY SLEEP 5 HOURS.

  51. Marchoupi

    September 7, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    Nice Trump haircut, must help catching frequency’s

  52. Rui-9-CS

    September 7, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    amaing

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