Sleep
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster
Contributors: Foster, Russell G.
Series: Very short introductions -- 295; Very short introductions -- 295.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780199587858
Subjects: Sleep
Description: "This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sleep through the ages; title: Sleep generation and regeneration; title: The sleeping brain; title: The reasons for sleep; title: The seven ages of sleep; title: When sleep suffers; title: Sleep and health; title: Society and sleep; title: The 24-hour society.