What Happens in Your Mind as You Fall Asleep | Boring Psychology for Sleep

In a sleep lab, a volunteer is woken and says "I was awake the whole time", but the brain recording shows they'd been asleep for minutes. Every night you cross from awake to asleep, and you never see the moment it happens. Tonight the Keeper walks the Hall of Lamps, twenty quiet rooms on what really happens in your mind as you fall asleep: where sleepiness comes from, why warm feet help, the sudden twitch, the pictures at the edge of sleep, the minutes that vanish, sleep spindles, the night watch in a new place, rocking, the old first and second sleep, and the deep slow waves. Nothing to solve and nothing to remember. Let the lamps go out one by one, and drift off whenever you're ready. The lantern is lit, and the long hall is waiting. Tonight, every lamp we pass will go out softly behind us, one by one. CHAPTERS 0:00:00 Tonight in the Mind Palace 0:02:29 Entering the Hall of Lamps 0:04:26 Room 1: The Sleepy Feeling 0:13:41 Room 2: The Afternoon Dip 0:18:45 Room 3: The Evening Light 0:26:54 Room 4: Warm Feet 0:32:03 Room 5: The Slow Drift 0:39:12 Room 6: The Closing Gate 0:43:49 Room 7: The Sudden Twitch 0:48:35 Room 8: Pictures at the Edge 0:54:56 Room 9: The Drifting Eyes 0:59:32 Room 10: The Lost Minutes 1:07:14 Room 11: I Was Awake 1:12:25 Room 12: The Sleep Spindles 1:20:22 Room 13: Your Own Name 1:25:29 Room 14: The Night Watch 1:30:27 Room 15: The Rocking Cradle 1:35:28 Room 16: The Sleeping Town 1:40:20 Room 17: The Campfire 1:45:01 Room 18: The First and Second Sleep 1:52:32 Room 19: The Deepening 1:57:54 The Last Room: The Last Lamp RESEARCH MENTIONED Porkka-Heiskanen et al. (1997), adenosine and the sleepy feeling — https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5... Monk (2005), the post-lunch dip — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2004.12... Gooley et al. (2011), room light before bedtime and melatonin — https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-2098 Kräuchi et al. (1999), warm feet and falling asleep — https://doi.org/10.1038/43366 Ogilvie (2001), the process of falling asleep — https://doi.org/10.1053/smrv.2001.0145 Magnin et al. (2010), the thalamus switches off first — https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0909710107 Oswald (1959), sudden bodily jerks on falling asleep — https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/82.1.92 Ohayon et al. (1996), pictures at the edge of sleep — https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.169.4.459 Rowley, Stickgold & Hobson (1998), eyelid movements at sleep onset — https://doi.org/10.1006/ccog.1998.0333 Wyatt, Bootzin et al. (1994), the lost minutes before sleep — https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/17.6.502 Mercer, Bootzin & Lack (2002), "I was awake" — https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/25.5.559 Dang-Vu et al. (2010), sleep spindles and noise — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.06... Perrin et al. (1999), your own name during sleep — https://doi.org/10.1016/S1388-2457(99... Tamaki et al. (2016), the first-night night watch — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.02... Bayer et al. (2011), rocking during a nap — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.05... Perrault et al. (2019), whole-night rocking — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.12... Nir et al. (2011), local sleep in the brain — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011... Wright et al. (2013), a week of camping and the body clock — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.06... Ekirch (2001), Sleep We Have Lost — https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/106.2.343 Wehr (1992), biphasic sleep in long nights — https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.1... Ngo et al. (2013), sounds timed to slow waves — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013... This video is for relaxation and general education, not medical advice. If sleeplessness is affecting your daily life, please talk to a doctor. #psychologyforsleep #sleepstory #boringpsychologyforsleep #fallingasleep #fallasleepfast #sleepymindpalace