Sleep and Brain Plasticity

by Pierre Maquet

Sleep has long been a topic of fascination for artists and scientists. Why do we sleep? What function does sleep serve? Why do we dream? What significance can we attach to our dreams? We spend so much of our lives sleeping, yet its precise function is unclear, in spite of our increasing understanding of the processes generating and maintaining sleep. We now know that sleep can be accompanied by periods of intense cerebral activity, yet only recently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198574002
• ISBN13: 9780198574002
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 412 Pages