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Palgrave Macmillan
September 2013
On Sale: August 27, 2013
208 pages
ISBN: 0230107591
EAN: 9780230107595
Kindle: B00E2PZTG4
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Non-Fiction
In recent years neuroscientists have uncovered the countless
ways our brain trips us up in day-to-day life, from its
propensity toward irrational thought to how our intuitions
deceive us. The latest research on sleep, however, points in
the opposite direction. Where old wives tales have long
advised to "sleep on a problem," today scientists are
discovering the truth behind these folk sayings, and how the
busy brain radically improves our minds through sleep and
dreams. In The Secret World of Sleep, neuroscientist Penny
Lewis explores the latest research into the nighttime brain
to understand the real benefits of sleep. She shows how,
while our body rests, the brain practices tasks it learned
during the day, replays traumatic events to mollify them,
and forges connections between distant concepts. By
understanding the roles that the nocturnal brain plays in
our waking life, we can improve the relationship between the
two, and even boost creativity and become smarter. This is a
fascinating exploration of one of the most surprising
corners of neuroscience that shows how science may be able
to harness the power of sleep to improve learning, health,
and more.
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