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<p>We spend about a third of our lives sleeping, so you’d think we’d know more when it comes to understanding what is going on in our bodies and brains when we’re doing it. But studying sleep is surprisingly complex and there are a lot of ideas trying to untangle why we need sleep. This episode, host Dr. Samantha Yammine is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Iliff from the University of Washington School of Medicine to talk about how sleep affects our brains. Sam also explores what we can learn about human sleep from animal sleep patterns and a new study that sorts people into five distinct sleep profiles. </p><p> </p><p>Link to Show Notes <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pqJJMI9p5pe6SWyk0nsf17Qw0NT0CN9ZMJyIfN4nDjU/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a> </p><p> </p><p><em>Follow Curiosity Weekly on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with</em><a href="https://twitter.com/producercod...