We may spend up to one-third of our lives asleep - but there is no rest for the brain. On the contrary, sleeping is a time of continual, spontaneous brain activity largely independent of external stimuli.
J. Allan Hobson's brilliant, marvellously illustrated volume dispels many myths about sleeping, describing what current studies of individual sleep patterns, dreaming and disorders like insomnia reveal about the physical basis of human consciousness.
J. Allan Hobson's brilliant, marvellously illustrated volume dispels many myths about sleeping, describing what current studies of individual sleep patterns, dreaming and disorders like insomnia reveal about the physical basis of human consciousness.