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The functions of sleep

Title
The functions of sleep / Ernest L. Hartmann.
Author
Hartmann, Ernest, 1934-
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1973.

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Description
ix, 198 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Theories of the function of sleep and review of sleep research, and study of mind-body relationship. Effects on sleep of stress, activity, drugs. Role of dreaming.
Series Statement
Yale fastback ; 13
Uniform Title
Yale fastback ; 13.
Subject
  • Schlaf
  • Sleep
  • Sleep
  • Physiologische Psychologie
  • Slaap
  • Physiologische Psychologie
  • Schlaf
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 165-187.
Contents
Introduction -- Theories of the functions of sleep -- Recent sleep research -- Sleep deprivation -- Experiments in Nature: long and short sleepers -- Experiments in Nature: variable sleepers -- Experiments in Nature: age and pathological states -- Sleep as a response to behavioral or psychological variables -- Sleep as a response to physiological and neurophysiological variables -- Sleep as a response to chemical variables -- The psychology of tiredness -- The dream and the functions of sleep -- The functions of sleep: summary -- Implications: the chemistry of the mind and mind-brain relationships.
ISBN
  • 0300017006
  • 9780300017007
  • 0300017014
  • 9780300017014
LCCN
73079983
OCLC
  • ocm00839107
  • 839107
  • SCSB-273274
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library