Understanding Sleep and Dreaming

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Moorcroft, William H. (Συγγραφέας), Belcher, Paula (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Psychopharmacology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Health psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Health Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

Although sleep has been the subject of serious study for several decades, there has not been available an integrated, introductory text for more than ten years. Understanding Sleep and Dreaming fills this need with complete coverage of all aspects of sleep, dreaming, and sleep disorders, and is comp...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue A Visit to a Sleep and Dreams Lab
• Prologue A Visit to a Sleep and Dreams Lab
• Sleep and Sleeping
• What is Sleep and How is it Scientifically Measured?
• The Need to Sleep
• Normal Variations of Sleep
• What Causes us to Sleep?
• The Brain in Sleep
• The Body during Sleep
• Dreams and Dreaming
• Dreams
• Dreaming
• Theories of Dreams and Dreaming
• Problems with Sleeping and Dreaming
• Some Difficulties That People May Have with Sleep
• Disorders of Sleep, Part I
• Disorders of Sleep, Part II
• Why We Sleep and Dream
• Functions of Sleep and NREMS
• Functions of REMS and Dreaming.