Minds Matter

S2E07: Your Mind on Good & Bad Sleep, with Dr. Lauren Whitehurst


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What actually makes for good sleep? Dr. Lauren Whitehurst joins us to discuss how the brain, and crucially, the rest of the body, interact to support cognitive functions like memory consolidation and insight. Dr. Whitehurst shares how vital sleep is to overall health, and what happens when some communities systematically get less sleep than others. Beth & Ava discuss their own experiences with sleep spilling over into other facets of life.

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Minds MatterBy Beth Fisher and Ava Ma de Sousa