Matthew Walker Quotes

There are a lot of times when I walk into a room and forget why I walked in there. I'm going through some studies right now, and I am going to do a brain scan.

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

My brain- the older I get, it holds even less. There's not the capacity I would wish there to be.

I'm not as sharp as I used to be.

Sometimes it is difficult to remember, but other times it is very easy to remember. Sleep deprivation is the killer.

You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.

Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and other varieties have anthocyanins that can help reverse some loss of balance and memory associated with aging.

I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

When scientists get old, they get interested in the brain, and I'm a little bit afraid I'm falling into that.

When there is a psyche-disrupting event in your life, it can prevent you from getting the long blocks of sleep at night that are so important to healthy aging.

What the mind cannot retain, the body will have to endure.

President Reagan doesn't retain very much of what comes his way on a given day.

With increasing age, dullness of mind and heart sets in.

Sleep is a key part of the requirements for resilience and good decision-making.

I got tested to see what condition my brain is in. And it's not in real good shape.

People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger.

Sleep-deprived individuals also generate fewer and less accurate solutions to problems.

My memory is not that good anymore.

You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing.

They say that your powers of memory are at their peak when you're 26, and it's all downhill after that.

That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back.

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory.

...forgetting is vastly underrated as a mental operation.

If you want to avoid Alzheimer's disease, sleep 8 hours a night.