睡眠：非常简短的介绍-Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

标题（title）：Sleep: A Very Short Introduction
睡眠：非常简短的介绍
作者（author）：Lockley, Steven W.; Foster, Russell G
出版社（publisher）：Oxford University Press
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Why do we need sleep? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? 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. The book describes dramatic breakthroughs in our knowledge of how sleep occurs, what it does, and what happens to our health if we do not have enough. The authors consider the impact of modern society, examining the relationship between sleep and our 24/7 culture.

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Table of contents :
Content: 1. The history of sleep
2. The generation and regeneration of sleep
3. The sleeping brain
4. The reasons for sleep
5. The seven ages of sleep
6. When sleep suffers
7. Sleep and health
8. Society and sleep
9. The 24/7 society
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