Sleep: Evolution and Functions

✍ Vibha M. Jha, Sushil K. Jha 📂 Library 📅 2020 🏛 Springer 🌐 English

This book discusses the evolution of sleep and its possible function in the higher invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans. It describes the current concept of sleep and its functions, based on research on the mammalian system. To date, electrophysiological recordings of the brain waves, mus

Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and fun

📁 Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives

✍ Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn 📂 Library 📅 2009 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these tree

Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Fun

📁 Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives

✍ Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn 📂 Library 📅 2009 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these tree

Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Fun

📁 Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives

✍ Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn 📂 Library 📅 2009 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these tree

Why We Nap: Evolution, Chronobiology, an

📁 Why We Nap: Evolution, Chronobiology, and Functions of Polyphasic and Ultrashort Sleep

✍ Claudio Stampi (auth.), Claudio Stampi (eds.) 📂 Library 📅 1992 🏛 Birkhäuser Basel 🌐 English

J ÜRGEN AscHOFF "Very bad habit! Very bad habit!" Captain Giles to Joseph Conrad who had taken a siesta. -Conrad: The Shadow Line On the Multiplicity of Rest-Activity Cycles: Some Historical and Conceptual Notes According to its title this book tries to answer the profound question of why we nap-

Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams: The Ev

📁 Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams: The Evolution, Function, Nature, and Mysteries of Slumber

✍ Deirdre Barrett; Patrick McNamara 📂 Library 🏛 ABC-CLIO 🌐 English

This fascinating reference covers the major topics concerning dreaming and sleep, based on the latest empirical evidence from sleep research as well as drawn from a broad range of dream-related interdisciplinary contexts, including history and anthropology. While many books have been wr