Understanding Sleep And Dreaming
by William H. Moorcroft /
2013 / English / PDF
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An updated edition of Moorcroft’s 2003 volume, this new work
reflects recent scientific advances in the area of sleep
and disorders. As in the previous book, Understanding Sleep
and Dreaming, this new edition serves as a compact overview for
now sleep experts, covering physiological sleep mechanisms,
brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions
of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep. It is
accessibly written with specially boxed material that enhances
the text. It also offers a good foundation for those
who will continue sleep studies, while at the same time offering
enough information for those who will apply this knowledge in
other ways such as clinicians private practices or
researchers. It is an excellent text for courses on sleep at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The section on sleep labs will
show how computers have replaced former models of data
collection and storage; includes the new area of the
genetics of sleep; add a new box on teen sleep; insert a new box
on the emerging information about how technology use affects
sleep; emphasize the controversy over rampart, wide-spread sleep
deprivation; and include a new box covering the connection
between sleep loss and weight gain. Additional inclusions might
incorporate current “hot topics,” such as the effect of shift
work on sleep, sleep problems in adolescents, and nightmare
treatment for people suffering from PTSD.
An updated edition of Moorcroft’s 2003 volume, this new work
reflects recent scientific advances in the area of sleep
and disorders. As in the previous book, Understanding Sleep
and Dreaming, this new edition serves as a compact overview for
now sleep experts, covering physiological sleep mechanisms,
brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions
of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep. It is
accessibly written with specially boxed material that enhances
the text. It also offers a good foundation for those
who will continue sleep studies, while at the same time offering
enough information for those who will apply this knowledge in
other ways such as clinicians private practices or
researchers. It is an excellent text for courses on sleep at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The section on sleep labs will
show how computers have replaced former models of data
collection and storage; includes the new area of the
genetics of sleep; add a new box on teen sleep; insert a new box
on the emerging information about how technology use affects
sleep; emphasize the controversy over rampart, wide-spread sleep
deprivation; and include a new box covering the connection
between sleep loss and weight gain. Additional inclusions might
incorporate current “hot topics,” such as the effect of shift
work on sleep, sleep problems in adolescents, and nightmare
treatment for people suffering from PTSD.