Lockley, Steven W.

Sleep : a very short introduction / Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xvi, 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 295 . - Very short introductions ; 295. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.

Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society.

"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.

9780199587858 (pbk.) 019958785X (pbk.)

2011945235


Sleep.

QP425 / .L63 2012

612.821 / LOS 2012