Cuttlefish Are Dazzling, But Do They Dream? / Why Do We Sleep? / by Jim Daley Spark Creativity with Thomas Edison's Napping Technique / by Bret Stetka -- Deep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean / by Simon Makin -- New Hypothesis Explains Why We Sleep / by Giulio Tononi and Chaira Cirelli -- Spiky 'Sleep Spindles' Linked to Acts of Learning / by Rebecca Sohn -- What a Long-Ago Epidemic Teaches us About Sleep / by Christof Koch -- Sleep Shrinks the Brain's Synapses to Make Room for New Learning / by Bahar Gholipour -- Section 2: The Secret to Better Sleep -- Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep? It's in Their DNA / by Karen Weintraub -- Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? Let's Sleep on It / by Randyn Charles Bartholomew -- The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep: A Sense of Purpose? / by Daisy Grewal -- Good Snooze for Insomniacs -- Therapy Is as Effective as Sleep Drugs / by Jessica Schmerler -- Putting Insomnia on Ice / by Joe Kloc -- How Do CPAP Machines Treat Sleep Apnea? / by Meghan Bartels -- What to Do When You Can't Fall Asleep May Surprise You / by Meghan Bartels -- Section 3: Poor Sleep and Health -- The Sleep-Dementia Connection / by Claudia Wallis -- Weekday-Weekend Sleep Imbalance Bad for Blood Sugar Regulation / by Karen Hopkin -- Sleep's Role in Obesity, Schizophrenia, Diabetes ... Everything / by Gary Stix -- Why Sleep-Deprived People Are More Selfish and Lonely / by Daisy Yuhas -- Sleep Deprivation Shuts down Production of Essential Brain Proteins / by Emily Willingham -- Acting Out Dreams Predicts Parkinson's and Other Brain Diseases / by Diana Kwon -- Sleep Apnea is Different for Women / by Claudia Wallis -- Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New Study May Show Why / by Emily Willingham -- Section 4: The Importance of Good Rest for Children -- Why Rocking to Sleep Is a Matchless Sedative -- and Elixir / by Bret Stetka -- Let Teenagers Sleep / by The Editors -- High School Students Need More Sleep and Later School Start Times / by Thomas Franich, Christina Cardiel, Alia Carson, Marcos Martinez, Kian Mendoza, Sakari Morris, and Christian Ramirez Acabal -- A Study Power Move: Sleep Between Sessions / by Steven C. Pan -- Sound Awake: 'Noisy' Neurons May Repeatedly Disrupt Your Sleep / by Dana G. Smith -- Should You Give Your Kid Melatonin? / by Elana Spivack -- Section 5: Snoozing Animals -- Memory Wins When Dogs Sleep / by Julie Hecht -- Meet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open / by Gian Gastone Mascetti -- Ultrasound Puts Animals into a Curious Hibernation-Like State / by Emily Willingham -- Sleeping with Half a Brain / by Christof Koch -- Spiders Seem to Have REM-Like Sleep and May Even Dream / by Betsy Mason -- Cuttlefish Are Dazzling, But Do They Dream? / by Jim Daley
Summary:
"It is commonly understood that sleep in some form or another is an almost universal phenomenon among animals, including humans. However, the specific reasons why we need sleep are not as clear. The articles in this volume explain what sleep is, the benefits it has on the mind and the body, and its role in cognitive and biological functions. It examines disorders that disturb normal sleep and what these disorders tell us about our need for sleep. It also considers what researchers have yet to discover about sleep and the methods they are using to try to improve our understanding"-- Provided by publisher.
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