Sleep and Dreaming

Part 1 The context of sleep research: the obvious - beliefs about sleep and dreaming interpretations; studying sleep in the laboratory; the neurophysiology of sleep. Part 2 The experience of sleep: the dreams of rapid eye movement sleep; the quality of sleeping experience; what is a dream? - theories of dreaming. Part 3 The psychophysiology of sleep: sleep disturbance; the psychology of sleep; the behaviour of sleep; the sleep of animals; the evolution and functions of sleep. Part 4 Problems with sleep: adult sleep disorders; children's sleep problems.