Sleep Science

About the author

Professor Hawley Mongtomery-Downs earned her doctorate in Developmental Psychobiology in 2001, studying infant sleep under the mentorship of Evelyn Thoman at the University of Connecticut. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric sleep medicine with David Gozal at the University of Louisville. From 2005-2020 she was a faculty member at West Virginia University, where she taught an undergraduate sleep course and where she and her team conducted original sleep research.

Summary

Sleep Science is a broad, advanced introduction to the subject of sleep and sleep disorders. Each chapter follows a consistent layout and is authored by a subject matter expert who also teaches undergraduate students in the classroom and/or mentors these students in their sleep laboratory.

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An eminently readable, fascinating and informative look at the universe of sleep as seen through the eyes of a 'who's who' list of sleep experts, Sleep Science should be on every college student's reading list (and bedside table)."-Judith Owens, MD, MPH, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Product details

• Authors: Hawley (Associate Professor of P Montgomery-Downs, Hawley (EDT) Montgomery-downs
• Assisted by: Hawley Montgomery-Downs (Editor), Hawley (Associate Professor of Psychology Montgomery-Downs (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780190923259
• ISBN: 978-0-19-092325-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Education & Training, Psychology: states of consciousness, Sleep disorders & therapy, Sleep & dreams, Psychological testing & measurement, Sleep disorders and therapy, Psychological testing and measurement