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Chapter Three - Expression of Sleep across the Human Lifespan

from Part I - Sleep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2023

Patrick McNamara
Patrick McNamara
Affiliation:
Boston University School of Medicine
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Summary

How should we study the typical development and expression of sleep patterns in people? The most straightforward way to do so would be to simply observe the development of sleep states in people as those people develop into maturity, reproduce, age, and die. But who, what peoples, should we study in order to get a picture of the typical human pattern?

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The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams , pp. 45 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Beattie, L., Kyle, S. D, Espie, C. A, & Biello, S. M. (2015). Social interactions, emotion and sleep: A systematic review and research agenda. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 24, 83–100. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.12.005.Google Scholar
Carskadon, M., & Dement, W. C. (2000). Normal human sleep: An overview. In Kryger, M. H., Roth, T., & Dement, W. C. (eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (3rd ed., pp. 15–25). Philadelphia: Saunders.Google Scholar
Keller, P. S. (2011). Sleep and attachment. In El-Sheikh, M. (ed.), Sleep and Development (pp. 49–77). New York: Oxford.Google Scholar
Troxel, W. M. (2010). It’s more than sex: Exploring the dyadic nature of sleep and implications for health. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72(6), 578–586. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181de7ff8.Google Scholar

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