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Most of us believe that we sleep in order to rest our tired bodies
and minds. Originally published in 1977, this centuries-old
common-sense view is challenged by Ray Meddis, who describes and
argues for a controversial new theory of the nature and function of
sleep. The theory seeks to replace the old view with the idea that
sleep may no longer serve any important function in modern man.
Whereas the sleep instinct helps animals to survive by driving them
to hide away for as long as possible each day, this is no longer a
valuable asset in civilised surroundings. Nevertheless, as the
author explains, we still feel driven by a primeval urge beyond
conscious control to crawl away every evening to the security of
our beds to wait out the dangerous hours of darkness which were
such a threat to our ancestors. Contrary to contemporary wisdom, he
also argues that dreaming is a primitive and particularly valueless
kind of sleep - a crude a dangerous heritage from our reptilian
ancestors which is kept to a bare minimum in most adult
warm-blooded creatures. Ray Meddis writes in a non-technical style
and succeeds admirably in making the science of sleep and intensive
research studies on sleep accessible and even exciting for the
general reader as well as for the scientist. He shows that not
everyone is bound by a felt need for sleep; in fact, some human
beings discussed at length in the book thrive on less than two
hours sleep a night without any ill effects. The implications of
the research described are little short of sensational; in
particular, Dr Meddis believes that it is well within the bounds of
possibility that future research will show us how changes can be
brought about in normal people to free them from the bondage of
their sleep instincts. This new perspective also leads directly
into a radical reappraisal of the nature of insomnia and new
possibilities for treatment.
Most of us believe that we sleep in order to rest our tired bodies
and minds. Originally published in 1977, this centuries-old
common-sense view is challenged by Ray Meddis, who describes and
argues for a controversial new theory of the nature and function of
sleep. The theory seeks to replace the old view with the idea that
sleep may no longer serve any important function in modern man.
Whereas the sleep instinct helps animals to survive by driving them
to hide away for as long as possible each day, this is no longer a
valuable asset in civilised surroundings. Nevertheless, as the
author explains, we still feel driven by a primeval urge beyond
conscious control to crawl away every evening to the security of
our beds to wait out the dangerous hours of darkness which were
such a threat to our ancestors. Contrary to contemporary wisdom, he
also argues that dreaming is a primitive and particularly valueless
kind of sleep - a crude a dangerous heritage from our reptilian
ancestors which is kept to a bare minimum in most adult
warm-blooded creatures. Ray Meddis writes in a non-technical style
and succeeds admirably in making the science of sleep and intensive
research studies on sleep accessible and even exciting for the
general reader as well as for the scientist. He shows that not
everyone is bound by a felt need for sleep; in fact, some human
beings discussed at length in the book thrive on less than two
hours sleep a night without any ill effects. The implications of
the research described are little short of sensational; in
particular, Dr Meddis believes that it is well within the bounds of
possibility that future research will show us how changes can be
brought about in normal people to free them from the bondage of
their sleep instincts. This new perspective also leads directly
into a radical reappraisal of the nature of insomnia and new
possibilities for treatment.
This volume contains the papers presented at the 15th International
Symposium on Hearing (ISH), which was held at the Hotel Regio,
Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain, between 1st and 5th June
2009. Since its inception in 1969, this Symposium has been a forum
of excellence for debating the neurophysiological basis of auditory
perception, with computational models as tools to test and unify
physiological and perceptual theories. Every paper in this
symposium includes two of the following: auditory physiology,
psychoph- ics or modeling. The topics range from cochlear
physiology to auditory attention and learning. While the symposium
is always hosted by European countries, p- ticipants come from all
over the world and are among the leaders in their fields. The
result is an outstanding symposium, which has been described by
some as a "world summit of auditory research. " The current volume
has a bottom-up structure from "simpler" physiological to more
"complex" perceptual phenomena and follows the order of
presentations at the meeting. Parts I to III are dedicated to
information processing in the peripheral au- tory system and its
implications for auditory masking, spectral processing, and c- ing.
Part IV focuses on the physiological bases of pitch and timbre
perception. Part V is dedicated to binaural hearing. Parts VI and
VII cover recent advances in und- standing speech processing and
perception and auditory scene analysis. Part VIII focuses on the
neurophysiological bases of novelty detection, attention, and
learning.
The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of
comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in
modern auditory research. The v- umes are aimed at all individuals
with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate
students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical investigators.
The volumes are intended to introduce new investigators to
important aspects of hearing science and to help established
investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and
data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow
closely. Each volume presents a particular topic comprehensively,
and each serves as a synthetic overview and guide to the
literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data
reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in pe-
reviewed journals. The volumes focus on topics that have developed
a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for
which a literature is only beg- ning to develop. New research areas
will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to
mature.
The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of
comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in
modern auditory research. The v- umes are aimed at all individuals
with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate
students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical investigators.
The volumes are intended to introduce new investigators to
important aspects of hearing science and to help established
investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and
data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow
closely. Each volume presents a particular topic comprehensively,
and each serves as a synthetic overview and guide to the
literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data
reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in pe-
reviewed journals. The volumes focus on topics that have developed
a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for
which a literature is only beg- ning to develop. New research areas
will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to
mature.
This volume contains the papers presented at the 15th International
Symposium on Hearing (ISH), which was held at the Hotel Regio,
Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain, between 1st and 5th June
2009. Since its inception in 1969, this Symposium has been a forum
of excellence for debating the neurophysiological basis of auditory
perception, with computational models as tools to test and unify
physiological and perceptual theories. Every paper in this
symposium includes two of the following: auditory physiology,
psychoph- ics or modeling. The topics range from cochlear
physiology to auditory attention and learning. While the symposium
is always hosted by European countries, p- ticipants come from all
over the world and are among the leaders in their fields. The
result is an outstanding symposium, which has been described by
some as a "world summit of auditory research. " The current volume
has a bottom-up structure from "simpler" physiological to more
"complex" perceptual phenomena and follows the order of
presentations at the meeting. Parts I to III are dedicated to
information processing in the peripheral au- tory system and its
implications for auditory masking, spectral processing, and c- ing.
Part IV focuses on the physiological bases of pitch and timbre
perception. Part V is dedicated to binaural hearing. Parts VI and
VII cover recent advances in und- standing speech processing and
perception and auditory scene analysis. Part VIII focuses on the
neurophysiological bases of novelty detection, attention, and
learning.
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