This addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders.
Record details
ISBN:019958785X (pbk.)
ISBN:9780199587858 (pbk.)
Physical Description:xvi, 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. print
Publisher:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society.
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