Sleep

by J. Allan Hobson

Description

Explains what is known about the function of sleep in people and animals, discusses sleeping rhythms, and looks at the nature of dreams.

Recommendations

How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter

Mapping the Mind

Rita Carter

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain by Antonio Damasio

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain

Antonio Damasio

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V. S. Ramachandran

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

V. S. Ramachandran

Drugs and the Brain by Solomon H. Snyder

Drugs and the Brain

Solomon H. Snyder

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by Antonio Damasio

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Antonio Damasio

Eye, Brain, and Vision by David H. Hubel

Eye, Brain, and Vision

David H. Hubel

Sexual Selection by James L. Gould

Sexual Selection

James L. Gould

The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio

The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness

Antonio Damasio

Signals: The Science of Telecommunications (Scientific American Library) by John Robinson Pierce

Signals: The Science of Telecommunications (Scientific American Library)

John Robinson Pierce

Sun and Earth by Herbert Friedman

Sun and Earth

Herbert Friedman

Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are by Joseph LeDoux

Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are

Joseph LeDoux

The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge

The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

The Timing of Biological Clocks by Arthur T. Winfree

The Timing of Biological Clocks

Arthur T. Winfree

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V. S. Ramachandran

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

V. S. Ramachandran

An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain by Diane Ackerman

An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

Diane Ackerman

Animal Navigation (Scientific American Library) by Talbot H. Waterman

Animal Navigation (Scientific American Library)

Talbot H. Waterman

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers

V. S. Ramachandran

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett

Consciousness Explained

Daniel C. Dennett

Science of Structures and Materials (Scientific American Library) by J. E. Gordon

Science of Structures and Materials (Scientific American Library)

J. E. Gordon

Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul by Francis Crick

Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul

Francis Crick

A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain by John J. Ratey

A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

John J. Ratey

Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel

Principles of Neural Science

Eric R. Kandel

Discovering Enzymes (Scientific American Library, Number 34) by David Dressler

Discovering Enzymes (Scientific American Library, Number 34)

David Dressler

Perception by Irvin Rock

Perception

Irvin Rock

Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On The Matter Of The Mind by Gerald M. Edelman

Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On The Matter Of The Mind

Gerald M. Edelman

Molecules and Mental Illness (Scientific American Library) by Samuel H. Barondes

Molecules and Mental Illness (Scientific American Library)

Samuel H. Barondes

From Quarks to the Cosmos by Leon M. Lederman

From Quarks to the Cosmos

Leon M. Lederman

Mathematics and Optimal Form by Stefan Hildebrandt

Mathematics and Optimal Form

Stefan Hildebrandt

Memory: From Mind to Molecules by Larry R. Squire

Memory: From Mind to Molecules

Larry R. Squire

Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction by J. Allan Hobson

Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction

J. Allan Hobson

Evolving Brains by John Morgan Allman

Evolving Brains

John Morgan Allman

The Science of Words by George A. Miller

The Science of Words

George A. Miller

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

David Eagleman

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain

Antonio Damasio

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Steven Johnson

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

Steven Johnson

Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness by Daniel C. Dennett

Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness

Daniel C. Dennett

Sand (Scientific American Library) by Raymond Siever

Sand (Scientific American Library)

Raymond Siever

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

David K. Randall

In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads by George Johnson

In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads

George Johnson

The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Extinction by Steven M. Stanley

Extinction

Steven M. Stanley

Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness by James H. Austin

Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness

James H. Austin

Islands by H. W. Menard

Islands

H. W. Menard

The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya by Jeremy A. Sabloff

The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya

Jeremy A. Sabloff

Consciousness ("Scientific American" Library) by J. Allan Hobson

Consciousness ("Scientific American" Library)

J. Allan Hobson

Images of Mind by Michael I. Posner

Images of Mind

Michael I. Posner

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
1
3
1
2
1

2 reviews

farrhon 228 reviews

loved it - dated but i learned stuff

Ratings

Members

Recently Added By: hmrodg4895, anastasiahitzig, nubook, scott-snyder, AlexNicolson, elliotclapp, EboerLT, mihaeladinu, ELA-STU, Sambandar

All Members

Author Information

J. Allan Hobson

23 Works 951 Members

J. Allan Hobson is Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

Wetenschappelijke bibliotheek van Natuur en Techniek (25)

Scientific American Library (27)

Common Knowledge

Canonical title: Sleep

Classifications

Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 612.821 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Human Body Systems Nervous system Central nervous system Sleep Science
LCC: QP425 .H555 — Science Physiology Physiology Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
BISAC: SCI SCIENCE General

More Classifications

Statistics

Members: 141
Popularity: 232,645
Reviews: 1
Rating: (3.13)

Languages: Dutch, English, German
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 4
UPCs: 1

Sleep

by J. Allan Hobson

On This Page

Description

Tags

Recommendations

Member Reviews

Members

Author Information

Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

Common Knowledge

Classifications

Statistics

Quick Facts

Author

Popular Covers

Find It

Links

Popularity

Ratings

Helpers