Sleep and Dreaming
Jacob Empson(Author)
Prentice-Hall (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7450-1402-9 (ISBN)
Description
Brings together the latest research from cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, neuropsychology and biology about sleep and dreaming. Illustrations demonstrate what the brain and body are doing when people sleep and dream.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7450-1402-9 (9780745014029)
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Previous edition
Jacob Empson
Sleep and Dreaming
Book
05/1993
2nd Edition
Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf
€69.60
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Content
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.