Lectures on Tap - "The Neuroscience of Sleep"

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in the East Village, Manhattan!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: November 19th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: East Village, Manhattan (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “The Neuroscience of Sleep”

🎤 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Pascal Wallisch

We all sleep, yet many struggle with getting enough or consistent rest. In this enlightening lecture, Dr. Pascal Wallisch will unpack the neuroscience of sleep, exploring what it is, why we need it, and what’s happening in our brains during those crucial hours.

Discover how sleep impacts our memory, creativity, decision-making, and emotional health. Dr. Wallisch will also delve into the consequences of poor sleep and share practical tips on how we can improve our sleep quality.

Pascal Wallisch is a professor at NYU, where he is involved in research spanning psychology, neuroscience, and data science. He has authored several books and has received multiple awards for his teaching excellence. Originally from Germany, but identifies as fully Roman.

Don’t miss this chance to understand the critical role of sleep in our lives with the insightful Dr. Wallisch!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

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