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Understanding sleep and dreaming /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moorcroft, William H., 1944-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Belcher, Paula
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2005]
Subjects:
Sleep > physiology.
Dreams.
Sleep Wake Disorders > physiopathology.
Sleep disorders.
Sleep > Physiological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : a visit to a sleep and dreams lab
  • pt. I. Sleep and sleeping
  • 1. What is sleep and how is it scientifically measured?
  • 2. The need to sleep
  • 3. Normal variations of sleep
  • pt. II. What causes us to sleep?
  • 4. The brain in sleep
  • 5. The body during sleep
  • pt. III. Dreams and dreaming
  • 6. Dreams
  • 7. Dreaming
  • 8. Theories of dreams and dreaming
  • pt. IV. Problems with sleeping and dreaming
  • 9. Some difficulties that people may have with sleep
  • 10. Disorder of sleep, part I
  • 11. Disorders of sleep, part II
  • pt. V. Why we sleep and dream
  • 12. Functions of sleep and NREMS
  • 13. Functions of REMS and dreaming
  • Epilogue.