书名：Why We Sleep我们为什么睡觉美版

作者：Matthew Walker PhD 

出版社名称：Scribner 

出版时间：2018 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9781501144325 

商品尺寸：14 x 2 x 21.3 cm 

包装：平装 

页数：368（以实物为准）Review

“A thoughtful tour through the still dimly understood state of being asleep … Why We Sleep is a book on a mission. Walker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too. And it is urgent. He makes the argument, persuasively, that we are in the midst of a ‘silent sleep loss epidemic’ that poses ‘the greatest public health challenge we face in the 21st century’ … Why We Sleep mounts a persuasive, exuberant case for addressing our societal sleep deficit and for the virtues of sleep itself. It is recommended for night-table reading in the most pragmatic sense.”—New York Times Book Review

"A neuroscientist has found a revolutionary way of being cleverer, more attractive, slimmer, happier, healthier and of warding off cancer — a good night’s shut-eye ... It’s probably a little too soon to tell you that Why We Sleep saved my life, but I can tell you that it’s been an eye-opener."—The Guardian

"This is a stimulating and important book which you should read in the knowledge that the author is, as he puts it, 'in love with everything that sleep is and does.' But please do not begin it just before bedtime."—Financial Times

“Walker is a scientist but writes for the layperson, illustrating tricky concepts with easily grasped analogies. Of particular interest to business owners, educators, parents, and government officials, and anyone who has ever suffered from a poor night’s sleep.”—Library Journal, starred review 梦境是区别有意识生物和无意识生物的重要因素，过去20年间，随着以迈克尔·加扎尼加、马修·沃克、史蒂芬·平克为代表一批认知神经学家和认知心理学家出现，以及新型的神经影像技术发展，睡眠、梦、大脑和意识的秘密才逐渐被解开——在心理上，睡眠和梦境与意识、认知、思考、欲望、记忆、情绪有关，从生理上，睡眠和梦境与免疫系统、新陈代谢、先天疾病、内分泌系统有关。

书中解答了许多关于睡眠的问题，例如：

睡眠究竟是心理行为还是生理行为？

提高创造力但是阻碍大脑休息，做梦究竟好不好？

除了睡眠，还有别的什么行为能影响人类的情绪？

睡得多的对大脑是有益还是有害？

失眠应该去看内分泌科还是心理科？

为什么你看一眼就能够判断一个人是睡着了而不是DEAD了？

作者在这本横跨心理学、医学、脑科学、神经学、遗传和基因学等多学科的书中，不仅系统的阐述了睡眠、梦境和大脑的关系，还将生物学内容作为整本书知识体系的补充。他没有在“潜意识”“本我”“超我”等精神分析学派的领域进行深入探讨，而是选择从情绪、行为、生理心理学和生物遗传学的角度切入，探讨了“睡眠”和“梦境”对生物、人类和社会的巨大影响。

Matthew Walkeris a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley, the Director of its Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab, and a former professor of psychiatry at Harvard University. He has published over 100 scientific studies and has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nova, BBC News, and NPR’s Science Friday. Why We Sleep is his first book.

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