The Promise of Sleep - Hardcover

Dement, William C. With Christopher Vaughan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333776216 ISBN 13: 9780333776216

Publisher: Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

This study of sleep ranges from the science of the sleeping brain to the coded world of dreams. It emphasizes the importance of sleep: loss of sleep diminishes motivation, saps the ability to experience pleasure and endangers the body. There is advice on getting enough sleep.

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Review

"Lively...extremely helpful...unlocks the secrets of a good night's sleep."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"An outstanding book on a surprisingly overlooked subject."
--Publishers Weekly

"Authoritative."
--USA Today

"A wake-up call about the profound effects of sleep and its disorders."
--Science News

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From the Publisher

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
Modern culture has become a study in sleep deprivation and yet healthy sleep has been proven to be the single most important determinant in longevity - more influential than diet, exercise or heredity.

THE PROMISE OF SLEEP illuminates the little understood but vitally important 'forgotten third' of our lives - from the science of our sleeping brain to the coded world of dreams. Drawing on more than four decades of research in sleep science, William C. Dement explains what happens when we sleep, taking readers on a remarkably lively tour of the sleeping body and mind. Dement examines sleep's surprisingly powerful effect on our overall health, from our immune system to our psychological well-being, and alerts us to the many ways in which sleep loss and sleep deprivation can put us in harm's way, inhibiting our motivation and our vitality.

Most importantly, THE PROMISE OF SLEEP gives hands-on advice about how to get the sleep we badly need. Dement reveals the six principles of healthy sleep and addresses such popular topics as sleep disorders and their cures, the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids, recovery from jet lag and the power of naps.

THE PROMISE OF SLEEP is a wake-up call to us all to stop abusing our delicate biological clocks and to start taking sleep seriously as the foundation of good health.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333776216
• ISBN 13: 9780333776216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480