Why We Sleep: The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals
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Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1989
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- Title
- Why We Sleep: The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals
- Author
- Horne, James
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 019261892X
- ISBN 13
- 9780192618924
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
This book examines the purpose of sleep in mammals, particularly in humans. The author's approach takes a broad biological perspective, clearing away many misconceptions in order to derive a number of well-founded hypotheses about a variety of aspects of sleep. Technicalities are kept to a minimum, and an effort has been made to make the book understandable to a wide readership, including anyone with a basic background in biology and psychology. The emphasis is on the role of sleep itself, not on the physiological mechanisms that assist its occurrence.
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