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The Nocturnal Brain - Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep (Hardcover)
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The Nocturnal Brain - Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 3 620
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'With my job on Today, I have become obsessed with sleep. The
Nocturnal Brain interweaves bizarre real life stories with cutting
edge neurological science in the true tradition of Oliver Sacks. A
fascinating read.' Martha Kearney, BBC Radio 4 'Casebooks of
neurological disorders are often strange and wonderful, but this
one is special.' Sunday Times 'The Nocturnal Brain will not promise
to cure your insomnia, but it does make for an entertaining and
thought-provoking bedtime read.' The Guardian For Guy Leschziner's
patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body.
Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnoea and sleepwalking are
just a sample of the conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot
sleep - and their experiences in trying to are the stuff of
nightmares. Demonaic hallucinations frighten people into paralysis.
Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners
with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync
circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock's days and nights.
Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state of deep sleep
who gets dressed, unlocks her car and drives for several miles
before returning to bed. The man who has spent decades cleaning out
kitchens while 'sleep-eating'. The teenager prone to the serious,
yet unfortunately nicknamed, Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, stuck in a
cycle of excessive unconsciousness, binge eating and
uncharacteristic displays of aggression and hypersexuality while
awake. With compassionate stories of his patients and their
conditions, Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our
sleeping minds, revealing the many biological and psychological
factors necessary in getting the rest that will not only maintain
our physical and mental health, but also improve our cognitive
abilities and overall happiness.
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