Title Understanding sleep and dreaming / William H. Moorcroft, with assistance from Paula Belcher.

Publication Info.	New York : Springer, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations
Note	Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 28, 2012).
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Prologue : a visit to a sleep and dreams lab -- pt. I. Sleep and sleeping -- 1. What is sleep and how is it scientifically measured? -- 2. The need to sleep -- 3. Normal variations of sleep -- pt. II. What causes us to sleep? -- 4. The brain in sleep -- 5. The body during sleep -- pt. III. Dreams and dreaming -- 6. Dreams -- 7. Dreaming -- 8. Theories of dreams and dreaming -- pt. IV. Problems with sleeping and dreaming -- 9. Some difficulties that people may have with sleep -- 10. Disorder of sleep, part I -- 11. Disorders of sleep, part II -- pt. V. Why we sleep and dream -- 12. Functions of sleep and NREMS -- 13. Functions of REMS and dreaming -- Epilogue.
Summary	Provides an overview of physiological sleep mechanisms, brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep. This work is a useful text for courses on sleep at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Note	GMD: electronic resource.
Subject	Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
	Sleep disorders.
	Dreams.
	Sleep -- physiology.
	Dreams.
	Sleep Wake Disorders -- physiopathology.
	MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
	Dreams. (OCoLC)fst01198490
	Sleep disorders. (OCoLC)fst01120844
	Sleep -- Physiological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01120824
	Slaap.
	Slaapstoornissen.
	Dromen.
	Clinical psychology.
	Clinical health psychology.
	Stress and Coping.
	Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
	Dreams.
	Sleep -- physiology.
	Sleep Disorders -- physiopathology.
	Electronic books.
	Sleep disorders.
Added Author	Belcher, Paula.
In:	Springer e-books
Other Form:	Print version: Moorcroft, William H., 1944- Understanding sleep and dreaming. New York : Springer, ©2005 0387249656 9780387249650 (OCoLC)63193476
ISBN	9780306479496 (electronic bk.)
	0306479494 (electronic bk.)

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