Sleepyhead
The Neuroscience of a Good Night's Rest
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Henry Nicholls
About this listen
A narcoleptic's tireless journey through the neuroscience of disordered sleep
Whether it's a bout of bad jet lag or a stress-induced all-nighter, we've all suffered from nights that left us feeling less than well-rested. But for some people, getting a bad night's sleep isn't just an inconvenience: It's a nightmare.
In Sleepyhead, science writer Henry Nicholls uses his own experience with chronic narcolepsy as a gateway to better understanding the cryptic, curious, and relatively uncharted world of sleep disorders. We meet insomniacs who can't get any sleep, narcoleptics who can't control when they sleep, and sleep apnea victims who nearly suffocate in their sleep. We learn the underlying difference between morning larks and night owls; why our sleeping habits shift as we grow older; and the evolutionary significance of REM sleep and dreaming.
Charming, eye-opening, and deeply humanizing, Sleepyhead will help us all uncover the secrets of a good night's sleep.
©2018 Henry Nicholls (P)2018 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Fascinating Insight
- By Ironcharles on 10-27-18
By: Sandeep Jauhar
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Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded)
- 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
- By: John Medina
- Narrated by: John Medina
- Length: 8 hrs
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In the New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule - what scientists know for sure about how our brains work - and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medina’s fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science.
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Dear Publishers . . .
- By Bekah on 04-06-17
By: John Medina
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The Depression Cure
- The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs
- By: Stephen S. Ilardi
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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In the past decade, depression rates have skyrocketed, and one in four Americans will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. Where have we gone wrong? Dr. Stephen S. Ilardi sheds light on our current predicament and reminds us that our bodies were never designed for the sleep-deprived, poorly nourished, frenzied pace of 21st-century life.
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I have a dear family member....
- By Derek B. on 12-12-12
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The Pain Chronicles
- Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
- By: Melanie Thernstrom
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas.
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Informative, well researched and nicely written
- By Nathan O'Hara on 08-21-10
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Shocked
- Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead
- By: David Casarett M.D.
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Not too long ago, there was no coming back from death. But now, with revolutionary medical advances, death has become just another serious complication. As a young medical student, Dr. David Casarett was inspired by the story of a two-year-old girl named Michelle Funk. Michelle fell into a creek and was underwater for over an hour. When she was found she wasn't breathing, and her pupils were fixed and dilated. That drowning should have been fatal. But after three hours of persistent work, a team of doctors and nurses was able to bring her back.
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Dead vs. Sincerely Dead
- By Gillian on 06-24-16
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Smarter
- The New Science of Building Brain Power
- By: Dan Hurley
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Expanding upon one of the most-read New York Times Magazine features of 2012, Smarter penetrates the hot new field of intelligence research to reveal what researchers call a revolution in human intellectual abilities. Shattering decades of dogma, scientists began publishing studies in 2008 showing that "fluid intelligence" - the ability to learn, solve novel problems, and get to the heart of things - can be increased through training. But is it all just hype?
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People Who Like This Sort of Thing....
- By W Perry Hall on 10-10-15
By: Dan Hurley
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The Undead
- Organ Harvesting, The Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers - How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
- By: Dick Teresi
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Important and provocative, The Undead examines why even with the tools of advanced technology, what we think of as life and death, consciousness and nonconsciousness, is not exactly clear - and how this problem has been further complicated by the business of organ harvesting.
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Eye opening
- By Amy Giglio on 07-01-18
By: Dick Teresi
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Transcendence
- Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a 20-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living - and one of our generation's most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness.
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Inspirational yet "Informercional"
- By James on 05-24-13
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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
- By LittleBeadsOfMercury on 04-07-21
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The Last Best Cure
- My Quest to Awaken the Healing Parts of My Brain and Get Back My Body, My Joy, and My Life
- By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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One day Donna Jackson Nakazawa found herself lying on the floor to recover from climbing the stairs. That’s when it hit her. She was managing the symptoms of the autoimmune disorders that had plagued her for a decade, but she had lost her joy. As a science journalist, she was curious to know what mind-body strategies might help her. As a wife and mother she was determined to get her life back. Over the course of one year, Nakazawa researches and tests a variety of therapies including meditation, yoga, and acupuncture to find out what works.
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Amazing book, but struggled with the voice.
- By erin norton on 01-05-18
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
- My Tale of Madness and Recovery
- By: Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle - contributor
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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In 2015, Barbara Lipska - a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness - was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down. She descended into madness, exhibiting dementia- and schizophrenia-like symptoms that terrified her family and coworkers. But miraculously, the immunotherapy her doctors had prescribed worked quickly. Just eight weeks after her nightmare began, Lipska returned to normal. With one difference: she remembered her brush with madness with exquisite clarity.
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Be Prepared To Feel Insane--
- By Gillian on 04-11-18
By: Barbara K. Lipska, and others
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The Ghost in My Brain
- How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
- By: Clark Elliott Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage.
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Mostly Tedious With Moments of Insight
- By Brent on 01-17-16
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What Makes Olga Run?
- The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Happier Lives
- By: Bruce Grierson
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a 94-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average 94-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over 23 world records in track and field, 17 in her current 90 to 95 category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what it is that's driving Olga.
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I can't stop talking about this book
- By David Shear on 05-27-14
By: Bruce Grierson
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- Natasha Coleman
- 02-06-23
Wonderfully Insightful
As a narcoleptic, this book felt like “home”, honing in on both scientific understanding as well as weaving personal stories together to create a bedrock for those of us with sleep disorders. Anyone who has an interest in sleep science should read this book, and share its perspective with others. Maybe one day, we will be understood rather than judged.
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- Marko
- 03-10-20
informative and well written content, but...
The title is somewhat misleading. Yes, the book does touch quite a bit on the neuroscience of a good sleep but this is, at its core, a book about Narcolepsy.
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- Saltygirl
- 12-02-22
Nothing Short of Astounding
This book is an absolute MUST read for anyone experiencing or interested in sleep science and/or it’s many different types of disorders.
This book was written by a neuroscientist who suffers from Narcolepsy himself.
The rare and unique perspective this author is able to provide is absolutely invaluable. While the Narcolepsy is the primary focus of this book, it touches on ALL major sleep disorders. Including the differing degrees of affliction in which each individual person may experience… AND the scientific evidence learned so far as to why that is.
Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed, or have been living with a diagnosed chronic sleep disorder for most of your life. The information in this book is guaranteed to enlighten and inform ANY reader, including even the most “veteran” of individuals.
This book delves deep into the history behind the still newly emerging field of sleep science and sleep disorders. It pays homage to those who pioneered the research that paved the way to new advancements and discoveries in the field of modern medicine today.
The human brain itself is still quite a modern mystery and remains to be one of the least studied fields of medical research.
This book left me with not only an incredible amount of new knowledge, but an immense feeling gratitude.
Myself being a middle-aged adult who’s lived and struggled everyday of my life since childhood with the challenges of Narcolepsy. I feel fortunate to be living in this modern era. To see new research and treatments emerge, as the world slowly begins to have a better understanding of what Narcolepsy is. I’m excited for what the future holds in medical breakthroughs and look forward to the day I no longer have to hide it, or be forced to ever have to explain myself to anyone ever again.
If you have a loved one who has Narcolepsy or a similar condition. The greatest gift you can ever give them is taking the initiative to educate yourself about their condition.
Please, take the time to read or listen to this book on Audible. If not for yourself, then for someone you love… or for the 1 out of every 2,000 strangers out there begging to be understood.
Please!
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- Devin
- 06-23-19
Extremely Helpful
As someone recently diagnosed with Narcolepsy, this has been the best book I've read about my condition.
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- antonia
- 08-04-21
An informative journey through my own brain
I'm also narcoleptic. this book helped me understand my condition and ways to improve jt.
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- anon
- 04-08-20
Love it!
This book gives some really interesting information about sleep and sleep disorders, interspersed with captivating stories about the author’s own journey with Narcolepsy. I finished the whole thing within 2 days. I couldn’t stop listening!
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- Heidi MacIsaac
- 03-30-19
Incredibly informative!
What an incredible amount of information, integrated with true stories and scientific studies, that make understanding narcolepsy and other sleep disorders both interesting and easy to digest.
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- Not You
- 01-13-23
Great book about hyper insomnia
This book is a good narrative of sleeping disorders and cognitive behavioral ways to mitigate impacts.
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- Alexa
- 01-03-24
An eye opening reminder
Along with “Wide Awake and Dreaming” by Julie Flygare, this book is one that has helped me understand my new life with diagnosed narcolepsy with cataplexy. I don’t feel alone when I am listening to these authors tell their stories and I am forever grateful for their work.
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