Enchanted World of Sleep

Name: Enchanted World of Sleep
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ISBN: 9780300074369

ISBN-10: 0300074360

ISBN-13: 9780300074369

Edition: 1998

Authors: Peretz Lavie, Anthony Berris, Michel Jouvet

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This is an introduction to sleeping and the psychology behind it. The author, a leading researcher on the subject, discusses why we sleep, how much we need, the causes of sleep disorders, apnea, narcolepsy and insomnia.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/17/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.92" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Foreword



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