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Sleeplessness

Assessing Sleep Need in Society Today

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Jim Horne

    1. Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

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  • Tackles the controversial and popular topic of insomnia

  • Reviews historical and cutting edge academic research to critique the norm and put forward a new theory linking REM sleep with appetite

  • Aims to cut through some of the anxiety-inducing messages that have proliferated to help those who suffer from the condition

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Insomnia

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 1-35

  3. Sleep Debt: ‘Societal Insomnia’?

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 37-49

  4. Short Sleep, Mortality and Illness

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 51-67

  5. Obesity

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 69-82

  6. Childhood and Adolescence

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 83-98

  7. When Is Enough, Enough?

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 99-117

  8. Illumination

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 119-127

  9. Sleepiness

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 129-144

  10. Extreme Sleepiness

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 145-151

  11. Brainwork

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 153-164

  12. Prolonged Wakefulness

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 165-174

  13. Use It or Lose It

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 175-181

  14. REM Sleep: Food for Thought?

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 183-194

  15. Overview

    • Jim Horne
    Pages 195-198

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 199-212
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About this book

This book critically evaluates the popular notion that today’s society is suffering from ‘sleep debt’, or what Horne calls ‘societal insomnia’ - an apparent chronic loss of sleep, which can lead to obesity and related physical and mental disorders including heart disease.

It presents evidence which suggests that sleep debt has not in fact worsened to any marked extent over the last hundred or so years, by looking back at some historical writings on sleeplessness and integrating the findings with, evidence-based research that he has undertaken over the last decade.

Written in a concise and understandable way, and interwoven with real-world insights, the book will be useful to academic and students of cognitive, critical and social psychology, neuroscience and sociology, as well as anyone who is interested in the social and psychological implications of sleep and sleeplessness.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Jim Horne

About the author

Jim Horne is Emeritus Professor of Psychophysiology at Loughborough University, UK and is a sleep neuroscientist who set up and now runs the Loughborough Sleep Research Centre. He is also affiliated to the School of Psychology, at Leicester University’s College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, UK, where he works on various cross-disciplinary neuroscience initiatives.

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