Why We Sleep: The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals - Hardcover

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Why do humans and other mammals sleep? The topic of sleep is now a focus of widespread research, and yet this fascinating question continues to prove surprisingly difficult to answer. Does sleep itself stimulate body tissues to repair themselves, for example, or can this result from inactivity of any kind? Does sleep have different functions in different mammals? This is an authoritative and readable account of the continuing controversies, written from a broad biological perspective. The author, a leading figure in sleep research, critically examines traditional views, and puts forward many conclusions and hypotheses of his own. He suggests that the usual practice of dividing sleep into REM and non-REM may obscure other divisions of greater functional significance. Sleep researchers; researchers and first-degree students in psychology, zoology, and physiology; other readers with a scientific or medical background.

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