Description |
272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents |
1: Petunias, one-eyed ducks and roly-poly mice -- 2: By the brain, for the brain -- 3: The substance of sleep -- 4: Then -- 5: Odd behaviour -- 6: Skin and bone -- 7: Sleepiness -- 8: Higher matters -- 9: Crashing out -- 10: Time of life -- 11: Time travellers -- 12: Good night -- 13: Brain waves -- 14: REM sleep -- 15: Or REM wakefulness? -- 16: Cinema of the mind -- 17: The long, the short and the less -- 18: Are we chronically sleep deprived? -- 19: Things that go bump in the night -- 20: 'A fuffled mind makes a restless pilow' -- 21: Snoring, gasping and jumping -- 22: Children -- 23: I sleep, therefore I am |
Summary |
Jim Horne's lively itinerary makes accessible the latest research into brain physiology, psychology and the medical and social factors of sleep |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
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Sleep -- Psychological aspects.
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Sleep.
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Sleep.
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Sleep.
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LC no. |
2006297013 |
ISBN |
0192807315 (cased) |
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9780192807311 (cased) |
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