Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Dr. Matthew Walker

πŸ‘€ Speaker
3791 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And it sounds highly salacious. It just turns out that this was a method pioneered in Sweden, which is simply that you get two twin beds, you put them together side by side. So you're still sleeping essentially next to each other. But there is complete separation between church and state, as it were.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And it sounds highly salacious. It just turns out that this was a method pioneered in Sweden, which is simply that you get two twin beds, you put them together side by side. So you're still sleeping essentially next to each other. But there is complete separation between church and state, as it were.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And it sounds highly salacious. It just turns out that this was a method pioneered in Sweden, which is simply that you get two twin beds, you put them together side by side. So you're still sleeping essentially next to each other. But there is complete separation between church and state, as it were.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And therefore, the bottom and the top is segregated rather than the tuve, where the bottom is common, duvet is split. And this way, with the Swedish method, you do top and bottom.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And therefore, the bottom and the top is segregated rather than the tuve, where the bottom is common, duvet is split. And this way, with the Swedish method, you do top and bottom.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

And therefore, the bottom and the top is segregated rather than the tuve, where the bottom is common, duvet is split. And this way, with the Swedish method, you do top and bottom.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Wow. Which sounds very... A little bit. It does sound very Swedish. Anything else... I'm so glad you're not cutting that part. Anything else to say on sleep and relationships?

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Wow. Which sounds very... A little bit. It does sound very Swedish. Anything else... I'm so glad you're not cutting that part. Anything else to say on sleep and relationships?

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Wow. Which sounds very... A little bit. It does sound very Swedish. Anything else... I'm so glad you're not cutting that part. Anything else to say on sleep and relationships?

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

I would say that certainly... Sleep affects sex, meaning that when you are getting sufficient sleep, it can promote a greater degree of physical intimacy and pleasure. Sex also impacts sleep though. And what we found, we in the Royal Way of the Sleep Field, is that sex that is associated with orgasm ends up producing about a 70% improvement in subjectively reported sleep quality.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

I would say that certainly... Sleep affects sex, meaning that when you are getting sufficient sleep, it can promote a greater degree of physical intimacy and pleasure. Sex also impacts sleep though. And what we found, we in the Royal Way of the Sleep Field, is that sex that is associated with orgasm ends up producing about a 70% improvement in subjectively reported sleep quality.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

I would say that certainly... Sleep affects sex, meaning that when you are getting sufficient sleep, it can promote a greater degree of physical intimacy and pleasure. Sex also impacts sleep though. And what we found, we in the Royal Way of the Sleep Field, is that sex that is associated with orgasm ends up producing about a 70% improvement in subjectively reported sleep quality.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Regardless of time of day? Regardless of time of day, it's higher in men than in women. So women, it's about a 64% improvement. In men, it's about a 72% improvement. But it's still, you know... demonstrable. Now, for some people listening, maybe you don't have a partner, but all is not lost because it turns out that masturbation associated with orgasm results in about a 50% improvement.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Regardless of time of day? Regardless of time of day, it's higher in men than in women. So women, it's about a 64% improvement. In men, it's about a 72% improvement. But it's still, you know... demonstrable. Now, for some people listening, maybe you don't have a partner, but all is not lost because it turns out that masturbation associated with orgasm results in about a 50% improvement.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Regardless of time of day? Regardless of time of day, it's higher in men than in women. So women, it's about a 64% improvement. In men, it's about a 72% improvement. But it's still, you know... demonstrable. Now, for some people listening, maybe you don't have a partner, but all is not lost because it turns out that masturbation associated with orgasm results in about a 50% improvement.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Part of it is probably because of certain other social bonding hormones like pro... Well, probably... If you look at some of the data, there is probably vasopressin for men. And then if you look at that sort of the classic hormone of bonding, which you, have you spoken about? Oxytocin. Oxytocin before. Yeah. So oxytocin, that's more so in females than in males.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Part of it is probably because of certain other social bonding hormones like pro... Well, probably... If you look at some of the data, there is probably vasopressin for men. And then if you look at that sort of the classic hormone of bonding, which you, have you spoken about? Oxytocin. Oxytocin before. Yeah. So oxytocin, that's more so in females than in males.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Part of it is probably because of certain other social bonding hormones like pro... Well, probably... If you look at some of the data, there is probably vasopressin for men. And then if you look at that sort of the classic hormone of bonding, which you, have you spoken about? Oxytocin. Oxytocin before. Yeah. So oxytocin, that's more so in females than in males.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Vasopressin for men is so fascinating.

Modern Wisdom
#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Vasopressin for men is so fascinating.