Chapter
Understanding the Benefits of Slow-wave and REM Sleep
06:44 - 12:45 (06:00)
Learn about the differences between slow-wave and REM sleep, and how to leverage daytime activities to access more of each type, depending on personal needs.
Clips
This podcast explains how daytime activities can help us access more slow-wave sleep or non-REM sleep, and how neuromodulators that are most active and least active during slow-wave sleep.
06:44 - 12:45 (06:00)
Sleep Cycles
Summary
This podcast explains how daytime activities can help us access more slow-wave sleep or non-REM sleep, and how neuromodulators that are most active and least active during slow-wave sleep. It also discusses the 90-minute sleep cycles that are comprised of shallow sleep and slow-wave sleep earlier in the night, and how we tend to have less REM sleep during that time.