The Mysteries Of Sleep

Author : Meir Kryger
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780300227826

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The Mystery of Sleep by Meir Kryger Pdf

An authoritative and accessible guide to what happens when we shut our eyes at night We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about how sleep affects us? In the past forty years, scientists have discovered that our sleep (or lack of it) can affect nearly every aspect of our waking lives. Poor sleep could be a sign of a disease, the result of a vitamin or iron deficiency, or the cause of numerous other problems, both sleeping and waking. Yet many people, even medical personnel, are unaware of the dangers of poor sleep. Enter Dr. Meir Kryger, a world authority on the science of sleep, with a comprehensive guide to the mysteries of slumber that combines detailed case studies, helpful tables, illustrations, and pragmatic advice. Everyone needs a good night’s sleep, and many of us will experience some difficulty sleeping or staying awake over the course of our lifetimes (or know someone who does). Kryger’s comprehensive text is a much-needed resource for insomniacs; for those who snore, can’t stay awake, or experience disturbing dreams; and for the simply curious. Uniquely wide ranging, The Mystery of Sleep is more than a handbook; it is a guide to the world of sleep and the mysterious disorders that affect it.

Author : Antonio Zadra,Robert Stickgold
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781324020295

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When Brains Dream by Antonio Zadra,Robert Stickgold Pdf

"A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.

Author : Loftie,Ben Swire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578872439

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The Mysteries of Sleep by Loftie,Ben Swire Pdf

From blue light to pink noise, Da Vinci to Feng Shui, hunter-gatherers to NASA, The Mysteries of Sleep is an endlessly fascinating grab bag of knowledge about the third of your life you spend with your head on a pillow. A lighthearted tour of the science, history, legends, and oddities of slumber, The Mysteries of Sleep is filled with magical artwork, memorable explanations, and pointers, tips, and suggestions to help you get the most out of your bedtime hours. Just try not to stay up all night reading it.

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Sleep
ISBN : UCAL:B4147526

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The Mystery of Sleep by John Bigelow Pdf

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781471109393

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Sleep Thieves by Stanley Coren Pdf

The A to ZZZ of sleep is offered by the bestselling author of The Intelligence of Dogs. In an engrossing blend of entertaining anecdotes and scientific data, bestselling author Stanley Coren explores the world of sleep and sleeplessness.

Author : Dr. Guy Leschziner
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781250202710

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The Nocturnal Brain by Dr. Guy Leschziner Pdf

A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night’s rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders. For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep—and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares. Demoniac hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock’s days and nights. Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state of deep sleep who gets dressed, unlocks her car, and drives for several miles before returning to bed. The man who has spent decades cleaning out kitchens while “sleep-eating.” The teenager prone to the serious, yet unfortunately nicknamed Sleeping Beauty Syndrome stuck in a cycle of excessive unconsciousness, binge eating, and uncharacteristic displays of aggression and hypersexuality while awake. With compassionate stories of his patients and their conditions, Dr. Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our sleeping minds, revealing the many biological and psychological factors necessary in getting the rest that will not only maintain our physical and mental health, but improve our cognitive abilities and overall happiness.

Author : Carlos Schenck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Insomnia
ISBN : 9781583332702

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Sleep by Carlos Schenck Pdf

The average adult will spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivalent of more than 8,000 days. Yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what really happens when we sleep. Now Dr. Carlos Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers in the country, takes us on an extraordinary journey into the mechanisms of sleep and what can go wrong. Dr. Schenck explains and then offers solutions for the most common sleep disorders -insomnia, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, and more. But what sets this book apart is the fascinating new insights Schenck offers from the cutting-edge science that he and other researchers have pioneered in identifying, understanding, and explaining the realm of "parasomnias" - mysterious, more extreme sleep disorders such as sleep terrors, sleepwalking, dream-enactment, sleep violence, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleep paralysis, which affect at least 10 percent of Americans.

Author : Trudee Romanek
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1550749447

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Zzz-- by Trudee Romanek Pdf

Illustrations and simple text teach young readers how and why people sleep.

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1706428332

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The Mystery of Sleep by John Bigelow Pdf

The author disclaims any pretension to solve all the mysteries of sleep, or give even a precise and scientific explanation of any of them. He aims rather to unsettle, if not dispel, the popular delusion that sleep is merely a state of rest. On the contrary he gives cumulative reasons in support of his theory that no part of our lives is consecrated to nobler or more important uses than that usually spent in sleep. His ultimate purpose is to impart to his readers his own conviction that we are developed spiritually during our sleeping hours as distinctly and exclusively as we are developed physically and intellectually during our waking hours. He declares that were the mysteries of sleep studied with like incentives and by the same class of minds as the mysteries of electricity are now studied, the former would seem to us no more mysterious than the latter, and the results would be no more surprising. Mr. Bigelow has searched history and biography for instances of the phenomena associated with sleep; consequently the book is made unusually readable by the inclusion of numerous illustrative anecdotes.-Book News, Volume 15 [1897]

Author : Matthew Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781501144318

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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Pdf

"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

Author : Meir Kryger MD
Publisher : Meir Kryger
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780985246709

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The Mystery of Sleep by Meir Kryger MD Pdf

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0364057297

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The Mystery of Sleep (Classic Reprint) by John Bigelow Pdf

Excerpt from The Mystery of Sleep I should be sorry to incur the suspicion of having sought to penetrate mysteries which are meant to be impenetrable, but I believe that the great Creator's works cease to be mysteries when their revelation will not expose them to profanation; nor do I doubt that the mysteries of sleep - like the mysteries of godliness, of charity, of the domes tic affections - will be revealed to us just so fast and so far as we prepare ourselves to receive them and carry their lessons into our daily lives. Were they studied with like incentives and by the same class of minds as the mysteries of natural science are now studied, the one would proba bly seem to us no more mysterious than the other, though the results might prove far more sur prising. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Sleep
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1TA4

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Author : Rosalind D. Cartwright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780199896288

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The Twenty-four Hour Mind by Rosalind D. Cartwright Pdf

In The Twenty-four Hour Mind, sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright brings together decades of research into the bizarre sleep disorders known as 'parasomnias' to propose a new theory of how the human brain works consistently throughout waking and sleeping hours, based upon research showing that one of the primary purposes of sleep is to aid in regulating emotions and processing experiences that occur during waking hours.

Author : Daniel Erichsen
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781612330693

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Sleep 101 by Daniel Erichsen Pdf

What is the function of sleep? Why does the northern fur seal sleep with only half of the brain? Is it safer to be asleep or awake? For the first time, the inside story of one of life's most mysterious and unexplored phenomenons. Written by a fellowship trained sleep medicine physician, Sleep 101 is at once a guide to hitherto uncharted biological territory, and a much needed tool for those seeking to improve their sleep.