Title:
Sleep : a very short introduction / Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster.
Author:
Lockley, Steven W.
Foster, Russell G.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
QP425 .L63 2012
Abstract:
"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"--Publisher's web site.
ISBN:
9780199587858
Series:
Very short introductions ; 295
Very short introductions ; 295.
Physical Description:
xvi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration - a framework -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Sleep and society -- The 24-hour society.
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