The secret world of sleep

the surprising science of the mind at rest

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Penelope A. Lewis: The secret world of sleep (2013)

200 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2013

ISBN:
978-0-230-10759-5
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OCLC Number:
812068542

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Neuroscientist Penny Lewis explores the latest research into the nighttime brain to understand the real benefits of sleep, showing how, while our body rests, the brain practices tasks it learned during the day, replays traumatic events to mollify them, and forges connections between distant concepts.

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Subjects

  • Brain
  • Sleep
  • Physiology
  • Consciousness
  • Physiological aspects