Sleepfaring

The Secrets and Science of a Good Night's Sleep
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-19-922837-9
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 241 g

Why do we sleep? How much sleep do we normally need, and what happens if you don't get enough of it? Professor Jim Horne finds the answers to these questions and many more in Sleepfaring, a journey through the science and the secrets of sleep.

It's a subject close to the hearts of many of us as our sleep patterns have changed to reflect longer working hours and busier lifestyles. From drowsiness at the wheel to stress and insomnia, sleep is becoming a big issue in our lives. Professor Horne gives an engaging account of what science can tell us about sleep and sleep disorders, drawing in brain physiology, psychology, medicine, social factors, and results from the very latest sleep research. He looks at body clocks and sleeping
patterns, the values of napping, and the controversial question of 'sleep debt', and also gives some valuable hints from the latest sleep research that may just help you to get a better night's rest.

Zielgruppe

An accessible book telling the general reader all about the nature of sleep, sleep disorders, and how to get a better night's sleep. It will also be of interest and stimulate debate amongst students and researchers in sleep research and psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horne, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Schlafmedizin & Schlafforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände Schlaf- und Traumbewusstsein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Petunias, one eyed ducks and roly-poly mice
2. By the brain for the brain
3. The Substance of Sleep
4. Then
5. Odd Behaviour
6. Skin and Bones
7. Sleepiness
8. Higher Matters
9. Crashing Out
10. Time of Life
11. Time Travellers
12. Good night
13. Brain waves
14. REM sleep
15. Or REM wakefulness?
16. Cinema of the mind
17. The long, the short and the less
18. Are we chronically sleep deprived?
19. Things that go bump in the night
20. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow
21. Snoring, gasping and jumping
22. Children
23. I sleep therefore I am
Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

Über Autor(innen)

Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is a fellow of the Institute of Biology and the British Psychological Society, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sleep Research. Jim is the UK's best-known 'sleep expert' - he is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep and sleep disorders on radio and television, and writes regularly for newspapers and health and science
magazines. His previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).