Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams

"The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Unlike other introductory texts, it emphasizes the social nature of sleep and dreams, and links the latest science to established evolutionary theory"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. What is sleep?; Part I. Sleep: 2. From biological rhythms to the sleep cycle; 3. Expression of sleep across the human lifespan; 4. Characteristics of REM and NREM sleep; 5. Sleep disorders; 6. Theories of REM and NREM sleep; Part II. Dreams: 7. Introduction: What are dreams?; 8. Dreams across the human lifespan; 9. Characteristics of REM and NREM dreams; 10. Dream varieties; 11. Theories of dreaming.

About the author

Patrick McNamara is Associate Professor of Neurology at Boston University and Professor of Psychology at National University, USA. His research into sleep and dreams is ground-breaking and is recognized as such. He has published numerous papers on sleep and dreams, and authored or edited several volumes on the science of sleep and dreams. He won a VA Merit Review Award and two NIH research grant awards for his work.

Summary

The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Unlike other introductory texts, it emphasizes the social nature of sleep and dreams, and links the latest science to established evolutionary theory.

Foreword

Summarizes the latest neuroscience of sleep and dreams, as well as the evolutionary background to their potential functions.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Mcnamara, McNamara Patrick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781009208895
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920889-5
• No. of pages: 275
• Series: Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Clinical psychology, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Sleep disorders and therapy, For undergraduate education and equivalents