Is it true that you fall asleep quicker if you wear warm socks? Can you lose weight while you snooze? Do you really need a solid eight hours?

Written by a leading sleep scientist and a psychologist, Sleep Better explores 40 myths about sleep. It looks at what is and isn’t true about our nightly journey to the land of Nod. Topics include:

• ‘I didn’t sleep a wink last night’
• ‘Cheese gives you nightmares’
• ‘I’m too busy to have breakfast’
• ‘Your head can explode while you sleep’
• ‘A little drink before bed helps me to sleep’
• ‘When I exercise, I sleep better’
• ‘I won’t come to any harm from not sleeping’
• ‘I can just take a tablet to help me sleep’

Professor Graham Law and Dr Shane Pascoe draw on years of research and laboratory work to present the facts. Unlock the secrets of sleep, from babyhood to later life, with this wise and expert book.