Sleep : a very short introduction
Lockley, Steven W.
Sleep : a very short introduction - Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 - 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions .
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index. This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders.
019958785X 9780199587858 (pbk.)
SLEEP
SLEEP DISORDERS
Sleep : a very short introduction - Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 - 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions .
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index. This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders.
019958785X 9780199587858 (pbk.)
SLEEP
SLEEP DISORDERS
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