عنوان

Sleep and dreaming

(Number (ISBN

0333947649 (cloth)

(Number (ISBN

0333947657 (pbk.)

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

لاتين

First Statement of Responsibility

Jacob Empson ; with a chapter by Michael Wang.

Title Proper by Another Author

1944-

Title Proper

Sleep and dreaming

Edition Statement

3rd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York, N.Y. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 254 p. :ill. ;24 cm.

Text of Note

مرجع به حساب نمي آيد

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Machine generated contents note: PART I THE CONTEXT OF SLEEP RESEARCH -- 1 The Obvious: Beliefs About Sleep and Dreaming -- Sleep folklore -- The interpretation of dreams -- 2 Studying Sleep in the Laboratory -- The story of the electroencephalograph (EEG) -- Modern EEG techniques -- The EEG during sleep -- Sleep norms -- PART II THE EXPERIENCE OF SLEEP -- 3 The Dreams of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep -- The natural history of dreaming -- Experimental investigations -- 4 The Quality of the Sleeping Experience -- The experience of sleep -- Some memorable dream themes -- 5 What is a Dream? -- A description of dreaming -- The psychoanalytic approach -- Some recent ideas -- PART lm THE PHYSIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY -- OF SLEEP -- 6 The Physiology of Sleep -- Biological rhythms and sleep -- Hormonal changes correlated with sleep and circadian rhythm -- Physiological mechanisms of sleep and waking -- Neurophysiology of the sleep states -- 7 Sleep Disturbance -- The effects of sleep deprivation -- Schedules of sleep -- Practical implications of sleep disturbance -- 8 The Psychology of Sleep -- Perception and memory in sleep -- Behaviour during sleep -- Waking up -- 9 Determinants of Sleep Quality -- Food, exercise and sleep -- The effects of drugs on sleep -- 10 The Sleep of Animals -- Mammals -- Birds and reptiles -- Hibernation -- 11 The Evolution and Functions of Sleep -- Restorative theories -- Is sleep a waste of time? -- Evolution and sleep -- PART IV SLEEP DISORDERS -- 12 Adult S

Entry Element

Sleep.

Entry Element

Dreams.

Class number

Entry Element

مولف

Relator Code

Empson, Jacob,

Entry Element

Wang, Michael B.