Secret World of Sleep The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest

Name: Secret World of Sleep The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest
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ISBN: 9780230107595

ISBN-10: 0230107591

ISBN-13: 9780230107595

Edition: 2013

Authors: Penelope A. Lewis

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In recent years neuroscientists have uncovered the countless ways our brain trips us up in day-to-day life, from its propensity toward irrational thought to how our intuitions deceive us. The latest research on sleep, however, points in the opposite direction. Where old wives tales have long advised to "sleep on a problem," today scientists are discovering the truth behind these folk sayings, and how the busy brain radically improves our minds through sleep and dreams. InThe Secret World of Sleep, neuroscientist Penny Lewis explores the latest research into the nighttime brain to understand the real benefits of sleep. She shows how, while our body rests, the brain practices tasks it learned…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 8/27/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments



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 About 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


Notes


Index