The sleep of others and the transformations of sleep research /

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"We tend to think of sleep as a private concern, a night-time retreat from the physical world into the realm of the subconscious. Yet sleep also has a public side; it has been the focal point of religious ritual, philosophic speculation, political debate, psychological research, and more recent...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kroker, Kenton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Sleep > Physiological aspects > Research > History.
Sleep disorders.
Research > history
Sleep > physiology
Sleep Wake Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders > pathology
Sommeil > Aspect physiologique > Recherche > Histoire.
Troubles du sommeil.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Sleep disorders
Sleep > Physiological aspects > Research
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The persistence of privacy
  • Analogize and experiment
  • The ends of darkness
  • Inhibition and disease
  • Performing sleep
  • Sleep finds a groove
  • Begin the begin
  • Insomnia returns
  • Breathe
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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