The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams 2nd Edition (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology) by Patrick McNamara

The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams provides comprehensive coverage of  the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level  undergraduate and graduate students. It details new scientific  discoveries, places those discoveries within evolutionary context, and  links established findings with implications for sleep medicine. This  second edition focuses on recent developments in the social nature of  sleep and dreams. Coverage includes the neuroscience of all stages of  sleep; the lifespan development of these sleep stages; the role of  non-REM and REM sleep in health and mental health; comparative sleep;  biological rhythms; sleep disorders; sleep memory; dream content; dream  phenomenology, and dream functions. Students, scientists, and interested  non-specialists will find this book accessible and informative.