Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by William C. Dement

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author William C. Dement.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

William Charles Dement was an American sleep researcher and founder of the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University. He was a leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy. For this pioneering work in a previously uncharted field in the United States, he is sometimes referred to as the American father of sleep medicine.

American - Author | Born: 1928

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We're beginning to realize that drowsiness or sleep deprivation, fatigue, is beginning to outstrip alcohol as a cause of accidents in transportation, particularly on the highway.

William C. Dement

Dreaming is the opportunity to hold a citizenship in two worlds, equally real but with different logic and limitations.

William C. Dement

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives

William C. Dement

Sleep is an essential part of life-but more important, sleep is a gift.

William C. Dement

Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment.

William C. Dement

Given that the dreaming brain must perform these remarkable contortions - creating a world, living in it, responding to it, and then carefully blocking all the responses in a manner that does not cross the threshold of awareness - it is no wonder that this dreaming brain seems to be more active than the waking brain.

William C. Dement

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by William C. Dement

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