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The unsung geniuses who uncovered why we sleep and dream

Just 100 years ago, we understood astoundingly little about sleep and dreaming. A tight-knit band of researchers changed things, against sometimes considerable odds.
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  1. Jennifer L. Martin

    1. Jennifer L. Martin is a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep Kenneth Miller Hachette (2023)

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Nature 624, 250-251 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03864-z

Competing Interests

J.L.M. is employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of California, Los Angeles; receives funding from VA and NIH; is a consultant for ResMed; and is on the board of directors for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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