UC Psych

BERKELEY — We spend one-third of our lives sleeping, and yet it is only in the last decade or so that scientists have begun to really understand why. Among other things, UC Berkeley sleep researcher Matthew Walker has linked sleep deprivation to psychiatric disorders, obesity, risky behavior, post-traumatic stress disorder, learning and memory loss in old age. UC Berkeley neuroscientist Matthew Walker is featured in “Sleepless in America,” a documentary that airs this Sunday, Nov. 30, on the National Geographic Channel (National Geographic photos) This Sunday, Nov. 30, Walker and other scientists will be featured in the captivating documentary Sleepless... Read more »

In Tolman Hall, Seth Rosenfeld, author of "Subversives," connected the dots from Edward Tolman's stand against the UC loyalty oath to the Free Speech Movement. (UC Berkeley photo by Barry Bergman) If you’ve ever been to Tolman Hall, you probably reached it not by rigid adherence to a series of mechanical steps — start at West Circle, go up Hilgard Way, first right to the end of Morgan Hall, then first left and voila — but by navigating via the map in your head. That is, you pictured its location, and figured out a suitable route. Edward Tolman, kindly experimenter... Read more »