The Sleep Instinct
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The Sleep Instinct
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Author : Ray Meddis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-07
The Sleep Instinct written by Ray Meddis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Psychology categories.
Most of us believe that we sleep in order to rest our tired bodies and minds. Originally published in 1977, this centuries-old common-sense view is challenged by Ray Meddis, who describes and argues for a controversial new theory of the nature and function of sleep. The theory seeks to replace the old view with the idea that sleep may no longer serve any important function in modern man. Whereas the sleep instinct helps animals to survive by driving them to hide away for as long as possible each day, this is no longer a valuable asset in civilised surroundings. Nevertheless, as the author explains, we still feel driven by a primeval urge beyond conscious control to crawl away every evening to the security of our beds to wait out the dangerous hours of darkness which were such a threat to our ancestors. Contrary to contemporary wisdom, he also argues that dreaming is a primitive and particularly valueless kind of sleep – a crude a dangerous heritage from our reptilian ancestors which is kept to a bare minimum in most adult warm-blooded creatures. Ray Meddis writes in a non-technical style and succeeds admirably in making the science of sleep and intensive research studies on sleep accessible and even exciting for the general reader as well as for the scientist. He shows that not everyone is bound by a felt need for sleep; in fact, some human beings discussed at length in the book thrive on less than two hours sleep a night without any ill effects. The implications of the research described are little short of sensational; in particular, Dr Meddis believes that it is well within the bounds of possibility that future research will show us how changes can be brought about in normal people to free them from the bondage of their sleep instincts. This new perspective also leads directly into a radical reappraisal of the nature of insomnia and new possibilities for treatment.
Sleep 1974
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Author : P. Levin
language : en
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Release Date : 1975
Sleep 1974 written by P. Levin and has been published by S. Karger AG (Switzerland) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Sleep categories.
The Functions Of Sleep
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Author : Rene Drucker-Colin
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2012-12-02
The Functions Of Sleep written by Rene Drucker-Colin and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-02 with Medical categories.
The Functions of Sleep is the result of a symposium held in New Mexico in 1977. The objective of the said symposium is to clarify and ultimately answer questions regarding the functions of sleep. Many perspectives are presented in the attempt to answer the main question of the function of sleep, including the examination of the developmental, neurophysiological, metabolic, behavioral, and clinical correlates of normal and disturbed sleep. The first two chapters focus on the previous studies done regarding the functions of sleep, specifically the methodological issues and clinical implications of the theories. This book also emphasizes the study of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and its different aspects such as reticular formation activity, motivational function, regulation, and growth hormone secretion. Other topics covered in this book include the interrelations of human sleep in terms of neuroendocrine and neuropharmacologic; ontogenetic and clinical studies; sleep pathologies; and brain state and memory. Sleep can be studied in a wide range of scientific fields. Students and researchers in the fields of biology, psychology, neurology, psychobiology, and medicine will find this book very useful.
Lock Linked Intelligence Instinct Dreams Education
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Author : Norris Ray Peery
language : en
Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press
Release Date : 2000-12-01
Lock Linked Intelligence Instinct Dreams Education written by Norris Ray Peery and has been published by Writer's Showcase Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-01 with Psychology categories.
Insight into Intelligence, Instinct, Dreaming and Education
Baby Sleep Training In 7 Days
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Author : Be True
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-20
Baby Sleep Training In 7 Days written by Be True and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with categories.
♥ THE MOST POPULAR BABY SLEEP-TRAINING METHODS EXPLAINED ♥ You can't take the sleepless nights anymore. You're so delirious from lack of sleep you could cry. By now, you're starting to wonder if it's officially time to sleep train your baby. But you're worried. Is your baby old enough? What techniques work best? And how long does it actually take? This revolutionary book: BABY SLEEP Training IN 7 DAYS - SLEEP TRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR A BABY OR TODDLER - A Modern Way to Improve the Sleep of Your Baby, Based Entirely on SCIENCE & INSTINCT by BE TRUE offers sleep training advice for exhausted new parents. ____________________________ ♥ HOW LONG DOES SLEEP TRAINING TAKE? ♥ The amount of time it takes to successfully sleep train your baby will depend on what method you choose. But generally speaking, it should take about three to four nights. In this guide you'll learn: - THE SLEEP OF THE NEWBORN AND THE CHILD, FROM BIRTH TO THE FIRST YEARS - MICRO-AWAKENINGS - ROUTINE FOR FALLING ASLEEP - NIGHT MONSTERS - SLEEP TRAINING - BREASTFEEDING AND SLEEP TRAINING - THE FERBER METHOD - THE ESTIVILL METHOD - THE TEARLESS APPROACH - THE MONTESSORI METHOD - NAPS: WHAT TO KNOW FOR EACH STAGE OF GROWTH - SLEEP TRAINING IN 7 DAYS - CO-SLEEPING: WHAT IT IS, PROS AND CONS - DOES YOUR CHILD NOT WANT TO SLEEP? TRY ONE OF THESE 25 STRATEGIES - And Much, Much More! Are you a slave to the baby monitor? Breaking your child's bad sleep habits is one of the most important things you can do for their health-and yours. FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO GET YOUR BABY TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT. BUY NOW THIS BOOK AND SWEET DREAMS!
A Dictionary Of Human Instincts
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Author : Mitch C. Bronston
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-08-22
A Dictionary Of Human Instincts written by Mitch C. Bronston and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-22 with Psychology categories.
This dictionary is probably the first dictionary of human instincts to be published. Moreover, the Introduction of the dictionary contains the first publication of the new and important Bronston heritability coefficient. Note: A Dictionary of Human Instincts also appears as an appendix to Human Behavior: The New Synthesis by Mitch Bronston and Nils K. Oeijord.
The Study Of Instinct
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Author : Nikolaas Tinbergen
language : en
Publisher: Pygmalion Press, an imprint of Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2020-12-24
The Study Of Instinct written by Nikolaas Tinbergen and has been published by Pygmalion Press, an imprint of Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-24 with Science categories.
First published in 1951, The Study of Instinct is widely considered the foundational text of ethology, the study of natural behavior. Written to introduce the largely German literature of the early ethologists to an English-speaking audience, Tinbergen first describes the objectives, scope, and limitations of ethology, then goes on to describe the influence of external stimuli and internal factors on behavior, proposes his famous hierarchical-motivational model for the control of behavior, and ends with accounts of the development, adaptiveness, and evolution of behavior, including human behavior. The volume remains a classic and is often cited in the opening sentence of modern papers on behavior. “... all in all, I think most students will learn more from the seemingly timeless Study of Instinct than from this or any other retrospective.” – Gould 1992, Science “A few parts of the book still strike one as modern. The opening chapter, in which Tinbergen formulates his famous ‘four questions’ about animal behaviour (questions about mechanism, development, adaptiveness and evolution), and discusses the extent to which they are logically separate yet practically interrelated, should be read by every student taking a course in ethology. The section entitled ‘Learning Processes’ is a small masterpiece, prefiguring the ‘constraints on learning’ debate by 20 years and describing Tinbergen’s own classic work on learning in herring gulls and digger wasps... The Study of Instinct still has important general messages for anyone studying ethology; it will always be a significant book for historians of science; and it gives a first-hand account of some of the most important research that has been done on animal behaviour.” – Roper 1989, Trends in Ecology & Evolution “Tinbergen’s book is a positive requirement for all students of behavior. It is most refreshing and stimulating account of some of the important contributions European scholars have been making to the study of instincts, a field of behavior sorely neglected in American psychology today... There is no question but that Tinbergen’s book is an important contribution to the study of behavior.” – Steller 1976, The Quarterly Review of Biology “A well-reasoned and thoroughly readable book which points up the complexity of even the simplest unlearned behavior.” – Thomson 1952, Scientific American “Dr Tinbergen’s book is an admirably clear, authoritative and factual account of recent work on animal instinct which can be strongly recommended to students of biology, both elementary and advanced, as giving a first hand account of the main trends of modern field research into animal behaviour.” – Thorpe 1954, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science “American psychology has concentrated more and more during this century on the behavior of mammals, and even among mammals has restricted itself mostly to primates (man, chimpanzee, macaque) and a cheap primate substitute, the rat (which is not studied for its rattiness, so to speak, but as a bearer of anxiety and a maker of cognitive maps)... The importance of Tinbergen’s book is that it presents systematically a large amount of significant work by the European school of biologists, making it accessible to the English-speaking reader. The dominance of learning theory in America, established by Thorndike, Holt, and Watson, makes us persistently forget the constitutional factor in behavior (that is, instinct), and this book may help bring it to the graduate student’s attention even if his instructors are by now too set in their ways to give it the attention it deserves... The style is somewhat academic, but the book is full of fascinating, and solidly authenticated, observations of animal behavior. It should be read by everyone, psychologist or zoologist, who is interested in mechanisms of response.” – Hebb 1952, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology “[This volume] summarizes much ingenious experimental work and present a point of view that is bound to have an influence on later behavior studies.” – Carmichael 1952, Science “[This] is an important book and one that should be read by all students of animal behavior... The ingenious experiments and theoretical discussions will afford many hours of stimulating reading.” – Aronson 1953, Copeia “... a scholarly and well-documented review of the general field [of ethology]... This books performs a beautiful job of pulling together diverse and diverging observations, experiments and concepts, suggesting theories that will surely lead to much new and fruitful work.” – Bates 1953, American Anthropologist “Tinbergen’s fine book is an important synthesis and a valuable introduction to this actively moving field.” – Greenberg 1952, Physiological Zoology “The final impression one gets from Tinbergen’s book is that of the immense richness and incredible variety of behavioral phenomena which are there for the studying if we break out of our rat-monkey-man triangle.” – O’Kelly 1952, Psychological Bulletin “It is a pleasure to describe and discuss Tinbergen’s work. Well written, with elegant development of ideas and arguments, courageous in challenging faulty views and procedures, calm and confident in style, yet stimulating, the book should be read by anyone interested in the behavior of birds.” – Pitelka 1953, The Condor
Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You
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Author : Marc Schoen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-03-21
Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You written by Marc Schoen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with Psychology categories.
Thanks to technology, we live in a world that’s much more comfortable than ever before. But here’s the paradox: our tolerance for discomfort is at an all-time low. And as we wrestle with a sinking “discomfort threshold,” we increasingly find ourselves at the mercy of our primitive instincts and reactions that can perpetuate disease, dysfunction, and impair performance and decision making. Designed to keep us out of danger, our limbic brain’s Survival Instinct controls what we intuitively do to avert injury or death, such as running out of a burning building. Rarely are we required to recruit this instinct today because seldom do we find ourselves in situations that are truly life-threatening. However, this part of our brain is programmed to naturally and automatically react to even the most benign forms of discomfort and stress as serious threats to our survival. In this seminal book we learn how the Survival Instinct is the culprit that triggers a person to overeat, prevents the insomniac from sleeping, causes the executive to unravel under pressure, leads travelers to avoid planes or freeways, inflames pain, and due to past heartache, closes down an individual to love. In all of these cases, their overly-sensitive Survival Instinct is being called into action at the slightest hint of discomfort. In short, their Survival Instinct is stuck in the “ON” position…with grave consequences. Your Survival Is Killing You can transform the way you live. Provocative, eye-opening, and surprisingly practical with its gallery of strategies and ideas, this book will show you how to build up your “instinctual muscles” for successfully managing discomfort while taming your overly reactive Survival Instinct. You will learn that the management of discomfort is the single most important skill for the twenty-first century. This book is, at its heart, a modern guide to survival.
Sleep Dreams And Arousal
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Author : Edward J. Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Sleep Dreams And Arousal written by Edward J. Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Motivation (Psychology). categories.
Gentleman S Magazine And Historical Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1812
Gentleman S Magazine And Historical Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1812 with categories.