Wide Awake at 3:00 a.m.

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WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a,m, GluUoe by Chance? RICHARD M. COLEMAN Stanford University Medical School WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. shows you how your biological clock (or sleep-wake cycle) works and how it controls periods of sleep, alertness, mood, and performance. It offers you techniques you can use to reset your own biological clock to minimize common disruptions, such as the discomforts of jet lag, insomnia, depression, fatigue, or changes in your work schedule. A nontechnical, state-of-the-art account of sleep research and therapy, WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. reports on a series of innovative sleep-wake studies (including first-hand investigations by Dr. Coleman) that have culminated in practical applications to sleep and alertness problems characteristic of many areas of modern technological society. A helpful and authoritative aid to improving your own sleep-wake patterns of behavior, WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. presents fascinating information on the effects of changes in cycles of sunlight... Tovább

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WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a,m, GluUoe by Chance? RICHARD M. COLEMAN Stanford University Medical School WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. shows you how your biological clock (or sleep-wake cycle) works and how it controls periods of sleep, alertness, mood, and performance. It offers you techniques you can use to reset your own biological clock to minimize common disruptions, such as the discomforts of jet lag, insomnia, depression, fatigue, or changes in your work schedule. A nontechnical, state-of-the-art account of sleep research and therapy, WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. reports on a series of innovative sleep-wake studies (including first-hand investigations by Dr. Coleman) that have culminated in practical applications to sleep and alertness problems characteristic of many areas of modern technological society. A helpful and authoritative aid to improving your own sleep-wake patterns of behavior, WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. presents fascinating information on the effects of changes in cycles of sunlight and darkness, on shift schedules/on travel across time zones, and on the nature of sleep and dreams. In addition, Dr. Coleman explores the mysteries of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, dreams, and night terrors. For all those who want to be more alert, improve their (day or night) work performance, and improve the quality of their sleep, WIDE AWAKE AT 3:00 a.m. will prove to be an invaluable guide. ^ RICHARD M. COLEMAN, Ph.D, is a psychologist specializing in sleep disorders and chronobiology, or biological rhythms. A former codirector of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic, Dr. Coleman has worked as a consultant on shift-work, chronobiology, and performance with the Chevron Corporation, Conoco, Inc., and Procter and Gamble and has been a professional adviser on similar projects to the United States Olympic Committee. In August, 1984, Dr. Coleman led a team of American psychologists on a visit to the Soviet Union for the purpose of exchanging information on treatment for sleep disorders with Soviet scientists. In addition to his work as consultant to industry and as a therapist to private patients, Dr. Coleman continues to serve on the clinical faculty of the Stanford University Medical School. Vissza