PDesigned primarily as a text this volume is an uptodate and integratedoverview of physiological sleep mechanisms brain function psychologicalramifications of s... » 

PDesigned primarily as a text this volume is an uptodate and integratedoverview of physiological sleep mechanisms brain function psychologicalramifications of sleep dimensions of dreaming and clinical disordersassociated with sleep. It is accessibly written with specially boxed materialthat enhances the text. Authored by a researcherclinicianprofessor with morethan 25 years of experience in sleep studies Understanding Sleep and Dreamingprovides a solid basis for those who are not expert in this area. It offers agood foundation for those who will continue sleep studies while at the sametime offering enough information for those who will apply this knowledge inother ways such as clinicians in their individual practices or researchers forwhom sleep may be part of a specific study. It is an excellent text for courseson sleep at the undergraduate and graduate levels.P TOCPVisit To A Sleep andDreams Lab. What Is Sleep and How Is It Scientifically Measured? The Need toSleep. Normal Variations of Sleep. The Brain in Sleep. The Body DuringSleep. Dreams. Dreaming. Theories of Dreams and Dreaming. Some DifficultiesThat People May Have With Sleep. Disorders of Sleep Disorders of SleepFunctions of Sleep and NREMS. Functions of REMS and Dreaming.P «