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The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it

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Dan Gartenberg |

TED Residency

• June 2017

There's nothing quite like a good night's sleep. What if technology could help us get more out of it? Dan Gartenberg is working on tech that stimulates deep sleep, the most regenerative stage which (among other wonderful things) might help us consolidate our memories and form our personalities. Find out more about how playing sounds that mirror brain waves during this stage might lead to deeper sleep -- and its potential benefits on our health, memory and ability to learn.

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There's nothing quite like a good night's sleep. What if technology could help us get more out of it? Dan Gartenberg is working on tech that stimulates deep sleep, the most regenerative stage which (among other wonderful things) might help us consolidate our memories and form our personalities. Find out more about how playing sounds that mirror brain waves during this stage might lead to deeper sleep -- and its potential benefits on our health, memory and ability to learn.

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Download SleepSpace Tracker and Coach, the first sleep operating system that uses the science of sound, light and meditation to give you a deeper, more regenerative sleep.

Learn more about how you can get more out of your sleep.

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Sleep scientist

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TED Resident Dan Gartenberg has spent his adult life trying to make seven and a half hours feel like eight hours.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Read our curation guidelines.

Download SleepSpace Tracker and Coach, the first sleep operating system that uses the science of sound, light and meditation to give you a deeper, more regenerative sleep.

Learn more about how you can get more out of your sleep.

Dan Gartenberg: The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it | TED Talk