Secret World of Sleep

The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest

by Penelope A. Lewis

No cover — Penelope A. Lewis: Secret World of Sleep (2013, St. Martin's Press)

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2013 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-137-38697-7

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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

Sleep
Brain, physiology
Consciousness
Sleep, physiological aspects