TY - BOOK AU - Lockley, Steven W. AU - Foster, Russell G. TI - Sleep : a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 019958785X PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - SLEEP KW - SLEEP DISORDERS N1 - Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society N2 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index; This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders ER -