Spindles: Stories from the Science of Sleep - Couverture souple

Blower, Lisa; Dean, Claire; Gilbert, Zoe; Levy, Deborah; Marek, Adam; Roberts, Adam; Schofield, Sarah; Bedford, Martyn; Hedgecock, Andy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905583699 ISBN 13 : 9781905583690

Editeur : Comma Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The relationship between sleep and storytelling is an ancient one. For centuries, sleep has provided writers with a magical ingredient a passage of time during which great changes miraculously occur, an Orpheus-like voyage through the subconscious daubed with the fantastic. But over the last ten years, our scientific understanding of sleep has been revolutionised. No longer is sleep viewed as a time of simple rest and recuperation. Instead, it is proving to be an intensely dynamic period of brain activity: a vital stage in the re-wiring of memories, the learning of new skills, and the processing of problems and emotions. How will storytelling respond to this new and emerging science of sleep? Here, 14 authors have been invited to work with key scientists to explore various aspects of sleep research: from the possibilities of sleep engineering and overnight therapies , to future-tech ways of harnessing sleep s problem-solving powers, to the challenges posed by our increasingly 24-hour lifestyles. Just as new hypotheses are being put forward, old hunches are also being confirmed (there s now a scientific basis for the time-worn advice to sleep on a problem ). As these responses show, sleep and the spinning of stories are still very much entwined. Featuring scientific contributions from: Prof Russell G. Foster, Isabel Hutchison, Dr. Simon Kyle, Dr. Penny Lewis, Dr. Paul Reading, Stephanie Romiszewski, Prof Robert Stickgold, Prof Manuel Schabus, Prof Ed Watkins, Prof Adam Zeman, Dr. Thomas Wehr. This project was supported by the Wellcome Trust.

Revue de presse :

'These stories offer intelligent and nuanced explorations of some of the ethical and cultural implications of an area of science that has the potential to affect every one of us.' --The New Welsh Review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Comma Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1905583699
• ISBN 13: 9781905583690
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224