Book Cover
Book
Author Lewis, Penelope A., author

Title The secret world of sleep : the surprising science of the mind at rest / Penelope A. Lewis
Edition First edition
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  612.821 Lew/Swo  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Series Macmillan Science
Contents Why sleep? -- How do we know sleep is important for the brain? -- Building blocks of the brain -- How the brain controls sleep -- Mental spring cleaning while you sleep -- How and why memories are replayed in sleep -- What is dreaming and what does it tell us memory? -- Sleep, semantics, and the mind -- Emotional memories and sleep -- Does sleep disarm dangerous emotions? -- Good sleepers and bad sleepers -- Getting the most out of your sleep -- Brief notes on how to get the sleep you need
Summary Neuroscientist Penny Lewis explores the latest research into the nighttime brain to understand the real benefits of sleep, showing how, while our body rests, the brain practices tasks it learned during the day, replays traumatic events to mollify them, and forges connections between distant concepts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index
Subject Brain -- Physiology.
Consciousness.
Brain.
Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
Sleep.
Sleep -- physiology.
Brain -- physiology.
Consciousness.
Author Shafee, Thomas, illustrator
LC no. 2013019000
ISBN 0230107591 (hardback)
9780230107595 (hardback)
Other Titles The secret world of sleep