Stanford Sleep and Dreams 2011 Starts With A Bang!
With A Little Help From Beyonce...

January 3, 2011

Stanford Sleep and Dreams began its 40th year today amidst a full lecture hall at Cubberley Auditorium. After the words "Welcome to Sleep and Dreams" filled the air and the lights dimmed, the students were greeted with a little introduction video, to the tune of Beyonce's Sweet Dreams:

As you can see, we've got a lot of fun stuff planned for the quarter, a lot of which will find its way onto this website. Subscribe to The Sleep and Dreams Express or follow the RSS feed to see some of it.

The class picks up again on Wednesday with a lecture on examining "normal sleep," and trying to answer some fundamental questions about what that is by comparing it with abnormal sleep processes, such as those found in narcolepsy.


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About This Site

Welcome! This site is continuously being created by students of Dr. William C. Dement's Sleep And Dreams course at Stanford University.

We made this site as a call to action for people all over the world to live healthier, happier, safer, and more productive lives by learning about their own sleep. We have faith that reading the information provided on this site will motivate you to be smart about your sleep deprivation and strategic about your alertness in order to live life to your fullest, most energetic potential.

In fact, we challenge you to do so! What do you say, are you up for the challenge?

The Stanford Sleep Book

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Dr. Dement's pioneering textbook has been the core text for Sleep and Dreams since 1980, but it has just recently been made available to the wider public for the first time.

In it you'll find a more detailed account of the most important things you need to know about sleep, alertness, dreams, and sleep disorders. Studies, statistics, plus plenty of Dr. Dement's classic anecdotes painting the history of sleep medicine.

Preface | Intro | Contents | Get A Copy

More Sleep Resources

The Zeo

A revolution in personal sleep tracking, the Zeo is a wireless headband that transmits your brainwaves in realtime to a dock (pictured here) or your smartphone. The result? You can wake up and see exactly what stages of sleep you were in during the night! Unprecedented personalized sleep knowledge.

Sleep Paralysis: A Dreamer's Guide

Sleep Paralysis Treatment Book

Ever woken up paralyzed? A surprising number of us have, believe it or not. But few know the actual causes of this phenomenon, and fewer still how to exert control over it. Dream researcher and sleep paralysis expert Ryan Hurd shares breakthrough insights into how to do just that.

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