This book describes the context of sleep research, and considers popular beliefs about sleep. The book looks at the experience of sleep, including the relationship between dreaming and psychophysiological signs such as eye movement and brainwaves, as well as the physiology and natural history of sleep, and the problems of sleep disorders that humans experience.
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Reviews of Previous editions: 'This book is as good an introduction to the wide scope of sleep and sleep research as one could wish to find. Can be recommended to all who wish to gain an initial introduction to the subject of sleep.' - Colin Shapiro, Times Higher Educational Supplement 'Empson's book is well written, the best of its kind, and one that deserves to be widely bought.' - Ian Oswald, Nature 'This excellent book... provides a range of information which would be of interest to and accessible to anyone with no specific knowledge about sleep and dreams, and yet manages to include sufficient literary and scientific information so that even seasoned sleep researchers will find interesting nuggets and unusual insights.' - British Journal of Psychiatry
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Dr. Jacob Empson is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Hull. He is the author of Human Brainwaves, and many academic papers on sleep, biological rhythms and human factors.
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For all the time we spend doing it - about a third of our lives - we have very little natural insight into the sleeping process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lapse theory, dream incorporation, sleep onset time, rested subjects, pontine brainstem, recovery nights, sleep mechanisms, subsequent sleep, sleep onset latency, recovery sleep, total sleep deprivation, sleep loss, sleep length, sleep stages, dream reports, sleep apnoea, sleep research, reduced sleep, sleep efficiency, sleep duration, human sleep, dreaming sleep, sleep spindles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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For all the time we spend doing it - about a third of our lives - we have very little natural insight into the sleeping process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lapse theory, dream incorporation, sleep onset time, rested subjects, pontine brainstem, recovery nights, sleep mechanisms, subsequent sleep, sleep onset latency, recovery sleep, total sleep deprivation, sleep loss, sleep length, sleep stages, dream reports, sleep apnoea, sleep research, reduced sleep, sleep efficiency, sleep duration, human sleep, dreaming sleep, sleep spindles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Hull University, Julius Caesar, Los Angeles, Hans Berger, Scientific Psychology New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Sleep and Its Disorders in Children by Christian Guilleminault on 5 pages
- The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud on 4 pages
- The Mind in Sleep: Psychology and Psychophysiology, 2nd Edition by Steven J. Ellman on 4 pages
- Outlines & Highlights for Physiology of Behavior by Carlson (Cram101 Textbook Outlines) by Cram101 Textbook Reviews on page 106, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Physiology of Behavior, 9th Edition on page 106, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Psychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals by Beth Alder in Back Matter
- Understanding Sleep and Dreaming by William H. Moorcroft in Back Matter
- Psychology, Religion and Spirituality by David Fontana in Back Matter
- Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep by Celia Green in Back Matter
- Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams by Paul Martin in Back Matter
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