- Additional Authors
- Foster, Russell G.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 146 p.) : ill.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Very short introductions ; 295
- Uniform Title
- Sleep (Online)
- Very short introductions ; 295.
- Alternative Title
- Sleep (Online)
- Subject
- Sleep
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011945235
- OCLC
- ssj0001039065
- Author
Lockley, Steven W.
- Title
Sleep [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Series
Very short introductions ; 295
Very short introductions ; 295.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Foster, Russell G.