The science of sleep
Title:
The science of sleep
Author:
Scientific American Editors (New York, New York), editor.
ISBN:
9781725350496
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
160 pages ; 23 cm.
Series:
Scientific American explores big ideas
Scientific American explores big ideas.
Contents:
Section 1: Why We Sleep -- Why Do We Sleep? / Spark Creativity with Thomas Edison's Napping Technique / Deep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean / New Hypothesis Explains Why We Sleep / Spiky 'Sleep Spindles' Linked to Acts of Learning / What a Long-Ago Epidemic Teaches us About Sleep / Sleep Shrinks the Brain's Synapses to Make Room for New Learning / Section 2: The Secret to Better Sleep -- Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep? It's in Their DNA / Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? Let's Sleep on It / The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep: A Sense of Purpose? / Good Snooze for Insomniacs -- Therapy Is as Effective as Sleep Drugs / Putting Insomnia on Ice / How Do CPAP Machines Treat Sleep Apnea? / What to Do When You Can't Fall Asleep May Surprise You / Section 3: Poor Sleep and Health -- The Sleep-Dementia Connection / Weekday-Weekend Sleep Imbalance Bad for Blood Sugar Regulation / Sleep's Role in Obesity, Schizophrenia, Diabetes ... Everything / Why Sleep-Deprived People Are More Selfish and Lonely / Sleep Deprivation Shuts down Production of Essential Brain Proteins / Acting Out Dreams Predicts Parkinson's and Other Brain Diseases / Sleep Apnea is Different for Women / Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New Study May Show Why / Section 4: The Importance of Good Rest for Children -- Why Rocking to Sleep Is a Matchless Sedative -- and Elixir / Let Teenagers Sleep / High School Students Need More Sleep and Later School Start Times / A Study Power Move: Sleep Between Sessions / Sound Awake: 'Noisy' Neurons May Repeatedly Disrupt Your Sleep / Should You Give Your Kid Melatonin? / Section 5: Snoozing Animals -- Memory Wins When Dogs Sleep / Meet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open / Ultrasound Puts Animals into a Curious Hibernation-Like State / Sleeping with Half a Brain / Spiders Seem to Have REM-Like Sleep and May Even Dream / Cuttlefish Are Dazzling, But Do They Dream?
Abstract:
"It is commonly understood that sleep in some form or another is an almost universal phenomenon among animals, including humans. However, the specific reasons why we need sleep are not as clear. The articles in this volume explain what sleep is, the benefits it has on the mind and the body, and its role in cognitive and biological functions. It examines disorders that disturb normal sleep and what these disorders tell us about our need for sleep. It also considers what researchers have yet to discover about sleep and the methods they are using to try to improve our understanding"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Grades 10-12 Scientific American Educational Publishing.
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