UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERIES OF SLEEP (OR AT LEAST ATTEMPTING TO) - APRIL 4 - 3.59PM - 2019
The Nocturnal Brain - Oxford Martin School - 12.00 noon
I’d love to admit that what I’m about to write is an unapologetically crass stab at an obvious writing ruse but it isn’t. As I left the talk by Guy Leschziner, fabulously titled ‘Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience’ I couldn’t stop myself from yawning. And I’ll bet the rest of the audience did too. After all, if someone yawns it triggers in you a similar response and we were warned, albeit jokingly, that if we hadn’t suffered any sleep disorders before today, we might well when we left.
Surprisingly we were informed that despite all the research that has gone into analysing sleep, science still really doesn’t understand it. Yet despite this, Leschziner, a consultant neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospitals where he leads the ‘Sleep Disorders Centre’ was able to shed light on some truly bizarre sleep afflictions.
So fun, but in a morbid fascination type of way.