Ep4. What Happens When We Don’t Sleep Enough?

This episode considers some of the emotion processing and regulating functions of both sleep and dreaming. We consider some of the many aspects of mental health that sleep and dreaming are related to,...

21 Huhti 202135min

This episode explores the most common kinds of sleep disorder and disruption, including, but not limited to, insomnia. We debate at what point normal troubled sleep becomes seriously problematic, and ...

14 Huhti 202123min

In the current episode we learn about sleep needs of infants up to young adults, which helps us to recognise how we can support them to sleep sufficiently.We recognise the challenges of limiting distr...

31 Maalis 202126min

In this episode we explore the physiological and psychological mechanisms of “switching off”, by transitioning from alert wakefulness to sleep.Dr. John Shaw, sleep researcher and lecturer at De Montfo...

24 Maalis 202127min

In this episode we acknowledge and explore why some people seem likely to remember many more dreams than others, both in terms of memory features and characteristics of dreams. Some dreams are simply ...

17 Maalis 202126min

In this episode we consider how much we are aware of whilst dreaming, and how much we might be able to understand from our dream content, if anything at all!We explore how consciousness and cognition ...

10 Maalis 202127min

This week we consider the building blocks and sources of our dreams: our autobiographical memories, in other words, memories for our own personal experiences. We consider how dreams are organised from...

3 Maalis 202112min

We explore key aspects of sleep hygiene and consider how effective different sleep tips may be. We consider pre-sleep screen use in detail. The Sleep Well project is presented, demonstrating evidence ...

24 Helmi 202130min