Sleep Thieves
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 1997
320 pages
978-1-4391-0537-5 (ISBN)
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Stanley Coren, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, is a recognized expert on dog-human interaction who has appeared on Dateline; The Oprah Winfrey Show; Good Morning, America; 20/20; Larry King Live; and many other TV and radio programs. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a beagle, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and a Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever, as well as his wife and her cat.
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Stanley Coren an international authority on sidedness, is professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Born to Bark: My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog (2010), among other books.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Preface
- Edison's Curse
- Sleep and Consciousness
- What Is Sleep?
- Evolution's Mistake?
- No Sleep at All
- Cutting Down on Sleep
- A Little Bit of Sleep
- The Clock Within Us
- Riding the Daily See saw of Sleepiness
- Sleepy Children and Sleepy Parents
- Sleepy Teenagers
- Sleep Thieves in the Kitchen
- Ondine's Curse
- Sleepless Nights
- Sleep and Health
- Asleep at the Wheel
- Asleep at the Operating Table
- Asleep on the Night Shift
- Asleep in the Sky
- The Cost of Sleep Debt
- Are We Chronically Sleep Deprived?
- What Is Your Personal Sleep Debt?
- Death on Daylight Saving Time
- A Wake-Up Call
- Notes
- General Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
