Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781316629741 |
| ISBN10: | 13166297411 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 276 pages |
| Size: | 227x152x15 mm |
| Weight: | 420 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 7 b/w illus. 25 tables |
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The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 28 February 2019
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Short description:
Introduces the neuroscience of sleep and dreams, including an investigation into their potential evolutionary and social functions.
Long description:
This book provides a complete introduction to the neuroscience of sleep and dreams in plain language. In it, Patrick McNamara outlines new discoveries in the science of sleep and dreams, places them within an evolutionary context, and brings them together with existing scientific findings and implications for sleep medicine. Unlike other introductory texts, the important evolutionary background and social nature of sleep and dreams is emphasized. Major advances in sleep medicine, sleep and memory, dream content analyzes, brain correlates of sleep stages and lifespan development of sleep are covered in depth. While the text is geared towards students, the general reader and scientists studying other disciplines will find it accessible and informative.
'This is an accessible and much-needed resource for students, teachers, and the general public. Sleep and dream sciences are rapidly expanding, but are underrepresented in psychology and neuroscience textbooks. This book fills the gap perfectly! Patrick McNamara's fascinating incorporation of social and evolutionary neuroscience is certain to engage readers from many backgrounds.' Edward F. Pace-Schott, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
'This is an accessible and much-needed resource for students, teachers, and the general public. Sleep and dream sciences are rapidly expanding, but are underrepresented in psychology and neuroscience textbooks. This book fills the gap perfectly! Patrick McNamara's fascinating incorporation of social and evolutionary neuroscience is certain to engage readers from many backgrounds.' Edward F. Pace-Schott, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Table of Contents:
Part I. Sleep: 1. Introduction: what is sleep?; 2. From biological rhythms to the sleep cycle; 3. Expression of sleep across the human lifespan; 4. Characteristics of REM and NREM sleep; 5. Sleep disorders; 6. Theories of REM and NREM sleep; Part II. Dreams: 7. Introduction: what are dreams?; 8. Dreams across the human lifespan; 9. Characteristics of REM and NREM dreams; 10. Dream varieties; 11. Theories of dreaming; Appendix: methods.
