Drowsy Driving
Chapter 69 Drowsy Driving Pierre Philip, Patricia Sagaspe, J. Taillard Abstract Drowsiness and falling asleep at the wheel are now identified as the reasons for many fatal crashes and traffic…
Sleep in Independently Living and Institutionalized Elderly
Chapter 136 Sleep in Independently Living and Institutionalized Elderly Donald L. Bliwise Abstract Although not a mainstream source of patients in most sleep clinics, an ever-increasing proportion of the population…
The Neurobiology of Dreaming
Chapter 48 The Neurobiology of Dreaming Edward F. Pace-Schott Abstract Dreaming is a universal human mental state characterized by hallucinatory imagery congruent with a confabulated, temporally ordered, storylike experience. As…
Dreams in Patients with Sleep Disorders
Chapter 52 Dreams in Patients with Sleep Disorders Michael Schredl Abstract Dreaming is defined as mental activity that occurs during sleep. This chapter focuses on sleep disorders that have been…
Body Temperature, Sleep, and Hibernation
Chapter 28 Body Temperature, Sleep, and Hibernation Kurt Kräuchi, Tom de Boer Abstract The human sleep–wake cycle is usually tightly coupled to the circadian time course of core body temperature….
Sleep and Host Defense
Chapter 25 Sleep and Host Defense James M. Krueger, Jeannine A. Majde Abstract Sleepiness, like fever, is commonly experienced at the onset of an infection or other cause of systemic…
Sleep, Stress, and Burnout
Chapter 74 Sleep, Stress, and Burnout Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Aleksander Perski, Göran Kecklund Abstract Long-term exposure to stress is usually seen as a major cause of insomnia. Cross-sectional studies consistently support…
Dream Content: Quantitative Findings
Chapter 50 Dream Content Quantitative Findings Antonio Zadra, G. William Domhoff Abstract Considerable progress has been made in the systematic study of dream content. The most commonly used methods for…
Dreams and Nightmares in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 53 Dreams and Nightmares in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Thomas A. Mellman, Wilfred R. Pigeon Abstract Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in a significant minority of persons who are exposed…
Memory Processing in Relation to Sleep
Chapter 29 Memory Processing in Relation to Sleep Philippe Peigneux, Carlyle Smith Abstract Although each of us empirically recognizes the utmost importance of sleep for the quality of our everyday…
