Ebook: Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

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;Content: 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