Sleep : a very short introduction / Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster.
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TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 295.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xvi, 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: - 9780199587858 (pbk.)
- 019958785X (pbk.)
- 612.821
- R AC 5 V573
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regulation : 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.
"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.
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