Why We Sleep: The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals - Hardcover

Horne, James

 
9780192616821: Why We Sleep: The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 019261682X ISBN 13: 9780192616821
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Why do humans and other mammals sleep? The topic of sleep is now a focus of widespread research, and yet this fascinating question continues to prove surprisingly difficult to answer. Does sleep itself stimulate body tissues to repair themselves, for example, or can this result from inactivity of any kind? Does sleep have different functions in different mammals? This is an authoritative and readable account of the continuing controversies, written from a broad biological perspective. The author, a leading figure in sleep research, critically examines traditional views, and puts forward many conclusions and hypotheses of his own. He suggests that the usual practice of dividing sleep into REM and non-REM may obscure other divisions of greater functional significance. Sleep researchers; researchers and first-degree students in psychology, zoology, and physiology; other readers with a scientific or medical background.

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Why do humans and other mammals sleep? The topic of sleep is now a focus of widespread research, and yet this fascinating question continues to prove surprisingly difficult to answer. Does sleep itself stimulate body tissues to repair themselves, for example, or can this result from inactivity of any kind? Does sleep have different functions in different mammals? This is an authoritative and readable account of the continuing controversies, written from a broad biological perspective. The author, a leading figure in sleep research, critically examines traditional views, and puts forward many conclusions and hypotheses of his own. He suggests that the usual practice of dividing sleep into REM and non-REM may obscure other divisions of greater functional significance. Sleep researchers; researchers and first-degree students in psychology, zoology, and physiology; other readers with a scientific or medical background.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
019261682X
ISBN 13 
9780192616821
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
328
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