The neuroscience of sleep and dreams /
"The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Unlike other introductory texts, it emphasizes the social nature of sleep and dreams, and links the latest science to est...
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2023. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Second edition. |
Series: |
Cambridge fundamentals of neuroscience in psychology
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Summary: |
"The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Unlike other introductory texts, it emphasizes the social nature of sleep and dreams, and links the latest science to established evolutionary theory"-- |
Carrier Form: | xvii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-237) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781009208888 1009208888 9781009208895 1009208896 |
Index Number: | QP425 |
CLC: | R338.63 |
Call Number: | R338.63/M169/2nd ed. |
Contents: |
What is sleep? : the evolutionary background -- Sleep -- From biological rhythms to the sleep cycle -- Expression of sleep across the human lifespan -- Characteristics of REM and NREM sleep -- Sleep disorders -- Theories of REM and NREM sleep -- Dreams -- What are dreams? -- Dreams across the human lifespan -- Characteristics of REM and NREM dreams -- Dream varieties -- Theories of dreaming -- |