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Why we sleep : the functions of sleep in humans and other mammals / James Horne.
Holman Biotech Commons QP426 .H67 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horne, James (James A.)
- Series:
- Oxford medical publications
- Oxford medical publications.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sleep--Physiological aspects.
- Sleep.
- Sleep--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sleep--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 019261682X :
- OCLC:
- 16467158
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