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Sleep Insights - A Conversation with Matthew Walker
Howard Burton
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Éditeur:
Open Agenda Publishing inc.
Open Agenda Publishing inc.
Protection:
ACS4
ACS4
Année de parution:
2020
2020
ISBN-13:
9781771700900
Description:
This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at UC Berkeley. This extensive conversation gives a clear and compelling picture of our recent understanding of sleep's essential role in our daily lives, from reinforcing learning and memory to regulating emotion.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dreams of a Final Theory, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Awakenings - From dementia to sleep, and now back again
II. Stages of Sleep - Deconstructing sleep architecture
III. Parasomnias and Evolution - Getting it right, most of the time
IV. Learning and Memory - Three vital aspects
V. Sleeping Better? - Pharmacological effects and self-improvement
VI. Emotional Regulation - How sleep helps keep us balanced
VII. Sleep and Aging - Grappling with the inevitable
VIII. Sleep Stigma - Lazy thinking
IX. Further Questions - Motivation, narcolepsy and vicious circles
X. Lots To Do - Outstanding mysteries and public education
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dreams of a Final Theory, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Awakenings - From dementia to sleep, and now back again
II. Stages of Sleep - Deconstructing sleep architecture
III. Parasomnias and Evolution - Getting it right, most of the time
IV. Learning and Memory - Three vital aspects
V. Sleeping Better? - Pharmacological effects and self-improvement
VI. Emotional Regulation - How sleep helps keep us balanced
VII. Sleep and Aging - Grappling with the inevitable
VIII. Sleep Stigma - Lazy thinking
IX. Further Questions - Motivation, narcolepsy and vicious circles
X. Lots To Do - Outstanding mysteries and public education
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
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