Understanding sleep beliefs and behaviours in different cultures can help better understand your own beliefs about sleep, and in turn change your expectations around sleep. In this episode we talk to Dr Andrew Beale on sleep in two communities in Mozambique, and Dr Himanshu Garg on sleep in India including common sleep problems, sleep behaviours and traditional beliefs around sleep.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 -  00:32 Introduction
• 00:32 - 05:00 What's news in sleep?
  • Catch up on sleep over the holiday period
  • Qantas' Dreamliner - designed to reduce jet-lag
  • Socio-economic aspects of sleep
• 03:22 - 41:23 Theme - Sleep in other cultures
  • 03:22 - 05:00 Why do cultural aspects of sleep matter?
  • 05:00 - 19:50 Dr Andrew Beale - Sleep in 2 communities in Mozambique
  • 19:50 - 22:23 How do people in Australia think about sleep?
  • 22:23 - 35:30 Dr Himanshu Garg - Sleep in India
  • 35:30 - 37:46 The cultural context of sleep
• 37:46 - 39:00 Clinical tip: What's your perspective?
• 39:00 - 41:29 Pick of the month:
  • 39:00 - 40:04 Moira - Sleep in Jellyfish
  • 40:04 - 41:29 David - Dreaming in the World's Religions - Kelly Bulkeley
• 41:29 - 42:50 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Hyperarousal 

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Qantas Dreamliner
• Jet Lag podcast 
• Socio-economic aspects of sleep in India
• Freakonomics - The Economics of Sleep - podcast
• Sleep in 2 communities in Mozambique - Research paper
• Sleep in jellyfish - Nature paper
• Dreaming in the World's Religions - Book by Kelly Bulkeley
• Sleep 2018
• Fourth International Conference on Sleep Disorders, October 12-14 2018 - Lucknow

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