Foreword / Michael Jouvet -- Introduction -- Sleep and death -- Brain waves -- Nathaniel Kleitman -- The rhythm of sleep -- The twenty-five hour day -- From sun clocks to biological clocks -- Dreams : creatures of the brain -- Alfred Maury and the dream of the guillotine -- Dreaming as a separate reality -- Do fish dream? -- The need for sleep -- The eccentricity of REM sleep -- Sleep centers -- Sleep medicine : the first steps -- Treating insomnia -- The physical and medical causes of insomnia -- Disorders in sleep timing -- Children who refuse to sleep -- Excessive sleepiness, or "In the arms of Morpheus" -- Narcolepsy : reversal of the natural order -- Epilogue -- References -- Index
Summary
Why do we sleep? How much sleep do we really need? What causes sleep disorder-and what can be done about them? We have all puzzled over-or been plagued by-the mysteries of sleep. Now a leading researcher provides an engaging and informative introduction that answers many of our most baffling questions
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index
